Randy McMurchy wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/20/08 22:51 CST: >> Thomas Trepl wrote: >> >>> Please have a look to the attached patch on the nfsutils.xml to >>> address most of Randys points. >> I don't think we should mention tcpwrappers in the required dependencies >> section. It is really only a library in this context and, as pointed >> out, only needed by tcpwrappers. > > I think Bruce is confused. At best there are typos in the above > statement that until are fixed, the above cannot be deciphered.
OK, my memory was hazy. Indeed, you are right. It should merely be listed as an optional dependency. > Bruce is indeed correct that TCP wrappers should not be a > required dependency, it should be an optional dependency, but > I cannot figure out what Bruce is trying to say. > > >> tcpwrappers Configuration >> >> If you enabled support for tcpwrappers (required by portmap) by creating >> /etc/hosts.deny, ensure you have an entry in the /etc/hosts.allow file >> for access from the portmap daemon that overrides any rules in the >> /etc/hosts.deny file. See the man page in section 5 for hosts_access >> for details on creating appropriate rules. > > This is good, except the "If you enabled support for tcpwrappers > (required by portmap) by creating /etc/hosts.deny" part. I'm starting > to lean to think that Bruce is not aware that NFS-Utils looks for > the libwrap library and links it into the build. I'm thinking he > only looks as libwrap as something Portmap uses. If you remove the "(required by portmap)" part, the rest is correct. If /etc/hosts.deny is missing, then nothing is denied. Perhaps the first sentence should start out: If you installed tcpwrappers before nfs-utils and enabled it by ... -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
