Re: /etc/hosts.deny

[Tyrin Price <tyrin@tscnet.com>]

* Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic@chello.at> [08Apr01 22:35 +0200]:
> On the server I have running:
> portmap, rpc.statd, inetd, [nfsd], [lockd], [rpciod], rpc.mountd
> On the client there is running (when nfs dirs are mounted): portmap,
> rpc.statd, [lockd], [rpciod]
> 
> But a tcpdchk on the server tells me:
> "warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 14: portmap: service possibly not
> wrapped
> warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 15: mountd: no such process name in
> /etc/inetd.conf
> warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 16: lockd: no such process name in
> /etc/inetd.conf
> warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 17: statd: no such process name in
> /etc/inetd.conf"
> 
> Yeah, they aren't. but why? how? should I? This isn't described anywhere
> I looked. This makes me feel very insecure 
> 
> Questions:
> Do I have the right stuff running on server and client (I guess so)?
> What goes in inetd.conf if anything? If not, and you are patient, would
> you please care to explain it to me? Are the portmap, mountd, statd and
> lockd in debian built to honor hosts.allow/deny, but still standalone
> (libwrap or something)?

Do you have the RPC services enabled in your /etc/inetd.conf file?  If
so, it should be working.  Make sure that the entries have no errors.

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Regards,

 -=[Ty]=-