erm it allows certain address acces to your machine on certain ports/services
ie u can only allow a certain ip to telnet and hosts.allow takes precedence over hosts.deny -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chad and Doria Skinner Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 4:19 PM To: Redhat-List Subject: hosts.allow ? I'm feeling fried at the moment...hosts.allow and hosts.deny are referred to by a name, but I can not remember what it is does anyone know? I know the name is used when compiling some software to force it to use the files, but I'm at a loss. Ideas? Thanks, Chad _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list