Hi, You specify the services/machines that are allowed in the /etc/hosts.allow file. This is read before the hosts.deny file is read. the first match of a machine IP is taken. ie if ALL: ALL is specified in /etc/hosts.deny then only the services/machines that ae specified in hosts.allow will be granted, all other access is disallowed. If no services/machines are specified in hosts.deny, then that would appear to NOT be your problem. The expanation within the /hosts.[allow, | deny] is quite good. You wrote: -=> well, i think acording to this file, all machines are allowed access into -=> the box. -=> no ips or machines are restricted in the hosts.deny file. -=> do you have to specifically give access to each machine that is trying to -=> connect to the machine? -=> At 04:29 PM 4/11/2001 -0400, you wrote: -=> >Hi, -=> > -=> > This could well be a mail routing problem, in which case, I'm no expert. -=> But when you say that no one can telnet or ftp into the machine it may be -=> because you have no machines specified in your /etc/hosts.allow file. Check -=> the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files for what you are -=> allowing/denying for connectivity. -=> > -=> >HTH, -=> > -=> > --terry -=> > -=> >Name: Terry D. Cudney -=> >Phone: (905)735-6127 -=> >E-mail: terry at wasagacottage.com -=> >WWW: www.wasagacottage.com -=> > -=> > -=> > -=> >Q: What's tiny and yellow and very, very, dangerous? -=> >A: A canary with the super-user password. -=> > -=> > -=> >_______________________________________________ -=> >Speakup mailing list -=> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca -=> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -=> > -=> > -=> -=> -=> _______________________________________________ -=> Speakup mailing list -=> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca -=> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -=> --terry Name: Terry D. Cudney Phone: (905)735-6127 E-mail: terry at wasagacottage.com WWW: www.wasagacottage.com Q: What's tiny and yellow and very, very, dangerous? A: A canary with the super-user password.
