Re: /etc/hosts.deny

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Subject: Re: /etc/hosts.deny
From: Tyrin Price <tyrin@tscnet.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 13:04:26 -0700
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 01040819070801.00730@robdesk>; from f1k@gmx.de on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 07:07:08PM +0200
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* Robert Voigt <f1k@gmx.de> [08Apr01 19:07 +0200]:
> I put the line 
> ALL: ALL
> in /etc/hosts.deny and tried to mount a directory on this machine from 
> another one, just to see if it actually denies access to all other hosts. 
> /etc/hosts.allow is empty. But I could still mount and access files. What's 
> wrong here?

These access control files only work for those services run from inetd
... nfs uses portmap.  I bet you don't have the portmapper wrapped.

-- 

Regards,

 -=[Ty]=-

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