Re: hosts.allow/hosts.deny question (2)

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 09:48:13PM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote:
> 
> Hello world,
> 
> I have a hosts_access problem.
> 
> hosts.deny has the line 
> ALL:ALL
> 
> This stops me logging in with ssh.  The problem is that if I put a line in
> hosts.allow like
>   sshd: my.ip.address
> the rule does not match because sshd does not feature in inetd.conf.
> 
> What have I missed?

The fact that these files are irrelevant to sshd unless it's run from
inetd.  Possibly a firewall, or simply a misconfigured sshd is the real
culprit.

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