Andrew Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, this is how I wrote the files: > hosts.deny > ALL: ALL > > hosts.allow > ALL: localhost > > or > hosts.allow > ALL: localhost :ALL > > If I'm right, this should block any attempts to telnet/ftp/finger etc. > from the outside of 127.0.0.1 > But I still can login from a different IP, and my syslog contains this: > Jan 11 14:25:36 Scorpio in.telnetd[20731]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line > 0: missing newline or line too long > Jan 11 14:25:36 Scorpio in.telnetd[20731]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line > 0: missing newline or line too long > > when I telnet to my machine. > What am I doing wrong this time?
I'd guess that you are using emacs; vi will always terminate a line for you. Try going to the end of the line and hitting return before saving the file. -- Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
