Re: [PLUG] Apache w/RedHat 6.2 Access problem

["Luis Baars" <luisbaars@hotmail.com>]

Disclaimer:  I have never set up an Apache Web Server so I may be talking 
out of my a$$.  You may flog me if I'm totally off the wall.

When setting up tcp wrappers, you usually configure hosts.allow and 
hosts.deny.  If you have an entry of "ALL: ALL" in hosts.deny, then it might 
not let in http traffic if there is no entry in hosts.allow that looks 
something like "httpd: hosts.to.allow" or "httpd: ALL".  Of course, this is 
only if you have httpd is tcp wrapped (this is where my lack of knowledge 
comes in because I don't know if httpd can be tcp wrapped, I'm assuming it 
can because it deals with packets coming into the computer).

I would first try to remove the "ALL: ALL" entry from hosts.deny and then 
restart inetd.  Try accessing the web pages really quickly, then replace the 
entry.  You might need to put "in.httpd: whatever" in hosts.allow, but there 
is no use trying the syntax if it isn't even a tcp wrapper issue.

If you don't have httpd tcp wrapped or httpd cannot be wrapped, it might 
it's own config files that work similar to hosts.allow and hosts.deny.  This 
is an absolute shot in the dark and I hope that this helps.

Thanks,
Luis

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