On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:46:14PM -0800, jdow wrote: > From: "Jack Bowling" <jbinpg@shaw.ca> > > > I, for one: > > > > --------------- > > cat /etc/hosts.deny > > # > > # hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are > > # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided > > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server. > > # > > # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that > > # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular > > # you should know that NFS uses portmap! > > > > ALL: ALL: spawn echo tcpwrap has detected an Unauthorised Connection > Attempt\ > > from %h %a to %d at `date`|tee -a /var/log/secure|mail root@xxx.xxx > > Thanks for that bit of cleverness, Jack. It has been incorporated and > embellished to send to several addresses so I am sure to get and notice it. Far too clever to have come from my brain :-)) I admit to stealing it from some other well-versed soul on these lists many a moon ago. Luckily, I have not had to see any mails to root from this invocation in a long, long time. -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@shaw.ca -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list