Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:45:00 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tcpd not installed on 4.5-PRERELEASE Message-ID: <20011227194500.GA28491@emma1.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <200112271938.fBRJc8N35049@cwsys.cwsent.com> References: <m3ellg795i.fsf@emma1.emma.line.org> <200112271938.fBRJc8N35049@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > In message <m3ellg795i.fsf@emma1.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree writes: > > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> writes: > > > > > Tcpd is redundant under FreeBSD. FreeBSD's inetd uses libwrap > > > (TCP/Wrapper library), effectively wrapping as if tcpd was in use. > > > > No, it is not redundant. > > > > I might have a different super-server than FreeBSD's inetd (tcpserver > > from DJB's ucspi-tcp!), or I might want to run a service without libwrap > > for efficiency reasons -- in that case, I'd have to run tcpd explicitly > > for the other services. > > IMO, that's why we have the tcp_wrapper port. Won't work: bash-2.05a# pwd ; make install clean /usr/ports/security/tcp_wrapper ===> tcp_wrappers-7.6_1 is forbidden: tcp_wrappers is in the base system. ===> Cleaning for tcp_wrappers-7.6_1 (I presume the port is not redundant, older systems may rely on that.) I'm filing a PR now. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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