Re: [PLUG] Wu-FTPd Domains

[Fred K Ollinger <follinge@sas.upenn.edu>]

> > tcp wrappers means you need to put it in xinetd/inetd. If you run it as a
> > service, then it will always connect, and ignore hosts.deny.
>
> ...Unless the application in question is compiled against libwrap.  This
> isn't so much a function of the software itself as it is the way it was
> compiled.  Debian, for instance, links all network daemons against

I see.

> libwrap (if I'm not mistaken).  This means that you don't have to run
> the daemon from {,x}inetd in order to have it pay attention to
> /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} (ie, hosts_access(5)).

Well, that's good to know. I stand correct.

Thanks.

Fred

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