I dunno, its a "known problem" for quite a while (since xinetd replaced inetd on most distros I think).
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 11:00:58 +1200 Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes that was irritating, > > is there any info on why localhost does not work in that entry? > > The /etc/hosts did contain all of the loopback stuff so *theoretically* > it should have worked. > > > > On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 10:06, Nick Rout wrote: > > David, are you the samba/swat guy? If so this is an important security > > alert for you ! > > > > when we commented out the line "only_from=localhost" from > > /etc/xinetd.d/swat we should have changed it to "only_from = 127.0.0.1" > > (or only_from = your localnetwork" so that people on the big bad > > internet cannot try to login to swat. > > > > don't forget to restart xinetd > > > > service xinetd.d restart > > > -- > Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer > Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of > Canterbury > Private Bag 4800 > Christchurch New Zealand > phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 Fax 3642222 > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz
