[Gllug] tcpd/xinetd

t.clarke tim at seacon.co.uk
Tue Aug 14 14:09:54 UTC 2001


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Tim Clarke  (tim at seacon.co.uk)
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Andy Smith <andy at lug.org.uk> wrote:-

>On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 01:30:41PM +0000, t.clarke wrote:
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>> I can get wrappers to run fine under inetd copied over from my linux2.2.19
>> machine, but under xinetd nothing happens and the connection is lost
>> instantly
>>
>> Any suggestions ?
>Doesn't xinetd have it's own configuration for this, using
>"only_from" directives?  Or am I completely misunderstanding..

No, you are not understanding.
Unfortunately neither tcpd or xinetd in its standard form does what I want.
I added some code to tcpd to allow me to assign a temporary allowable host
'on the fly' over a password-protected web page; so I need to use tcpd rather
than xinetd.

Tim

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