[Fedora] hosts.allow error

[Yang Xiao]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:31:59 -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner
<ashley at pcraft.com> wrote:
> Scott wrote:
> 
> >**Unmatched Entries**
> >   /etc/hosts.allow, line 7: missing ":" separator: 144 Time(s)
> >   /etc/hosts.allow, line 6: missing ":" separator: 144 Time(s)
> >
> >What does it mean when it say's the ":" separator is missing?
> >
> >
>    What does your hosts.allow look like?  Typically, when you're
> blocking services, you define a daemon_list and client_list, separated
> by a :, so for example, if you just want to block an ip from all your
> services, it would look like this:
> 
>    ALL: aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
> 
>    Notice the : - make sure you have that.
> 
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Hi,
I'm not trying to be harsh or anything, but isn't the error message
one of the more self-explanatoy and descriptive ones? What more do you
want? it tells you that you need the ":"  on line 6, and 7, at least
take a look at the file before you start to ask for help would you?

Yang