Re: Making /etc/hosts.allow | hosts.deny changes effective (was Re: easy question - getting changed files read)

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Subject: Re: Making /etc/hosts.allow | hosts.deny changes effective (was Re: easy question - getting changed files read)
From: Paul J Collins <sneakums@zork.net>
Date: 25 Mar 2001 16:57:21 +0100
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20010324170842.G14079@ix.netcom.com> ("Karsten M. Self"'s message of "Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:08:42 -0800")
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>>>>> "KMS" == Karsten M Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes:

    KMS> on Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 04:18:09PM -0700, Mike Millner (mike@mikeshome.com) wrote:
    >> When I make changes to files, for example hosts.deny or
    >> hosts.access how do I get the OS to see them without rebooting?

    KMS> The issue is not the OS, but inetd, which processes these files:

I believe it is the tcpd daemon wrapper that uses the file (see
hosts_access(5), tcpd(8)).  Since tcpd is invoked as needed by inetd
(given an appropriate configuration), changes will take effect for the
next and subsequent tcpd-wrapped daemons launched by inetd.

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