Re: Allowing Connections

[Mirek Kwasniak <mirek@zind.ikem.pwr.wroc.pl>]

On Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 10:50:32PM -0500, wax_man@bellsouth.net wrote:
> I'm having problems getting my /etc/hosts.allow file set up correctly. 
> I"m trying to allow any system on my network (192.168.1.X) to connect
> to leafnode and get the news groups.
[...]
> I've tried adding:
> leafenode:127.0.0.1 192.168.1.*
> 
> but it does not seem to work.
> 
> After reading the man pages on it, I'm still not sure what to do.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are sure?

>From 'Manual page hosts_access(5)':
[...]
              A  string  that  ends  with a `.' character. A host
              address is matched  if  its  first  numeric  fields
              match  the  given string.  For example, the pattern
              `131.155.' matches the address  of  (almost)  every
              host    on   the   Eindhoven   University   network
              (131.155.x.x).
[...]
              An  expression  of  the  form  `n.n.n.n/m.m.m.m' is
              interpreted as a `net/mask' pair. A host address is
              matched if `net' is equal to the bitwise AND of the
              address and the `mask'. For example,  the  net/mask
              pattern  `131.155.72.0/255.255.254.0' matches every
              address  in  the   range   `131.155.72.0'   through
              `131.155.73.255'.
[...]

Then you have to use `192.168.1.' or `192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0' .

Mirek