Also check that hosts.deny doesn't exclude the ip address (I found that PortSentry gets fanatical about denying hosts) man hosts.allow doesn't really explain the syntax properly (IMO) I put ALL: 192.168.0.3
though I suspect that you can put ftp: 192.168.0.3 203.184.139.26 telnet: 192.168.0.3 203.184.139.26 sshd: 192.168.0.3 203.184.139.26 The Gurus will correct me if I am wrong but that should limit connections to those hosts only Chris On 19 Feb 2002 22:06:36 +1100 "Tony Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 20:33, henry wrote: > > Dear Sirs: > > > > Tks for your instruction. > > I use slackware. > > > > I get msg "/etc/hosts.allow missing separator ":" at line 1 " by > > typing "tail /var/log/syslog" > > And there is only one line : 192.168.0.223 in hosts.allow > > > > > > Henry, > > Firstly, can you please ensure that you only reply to the list and not > to me personally. This keeps the whole 'mailing list' idea alive and > well. > > Second, I would check the syntax of hosts.allow (man hosts.allow). Its > been a long time since I used it (ssh/xinetd took its place) but I know > you're missing something > > I would also make the suggestion that telnet is an insecure tool for > remote access and should be used with caution. Consider using ssh in > its place. > > HTH > > Greeno > -- > Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GnuPG Key : 1024D/B5657C8B > Key fingerprint = 9ED8 59CC C161 B857 462E 51E6 7DFB 465B B565 7C8B > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
