[rhn-users] I need help with hosts.deny - doesn't work as I expected

[Kvetch]

Do you have
tcp_wrappers=YES
in your vsftpd.conf?

Nick Baronian

On 3/28/06, Bill Watson <bill at magicdigits.com> wrote:
>
> I have /etc/hosts.allow that has no entries. I have /etc/hosts.deny that
> has:
>
> ALL: 219.106.229.178
> ALL: 72.129.200.46
> ALL: 200.38.
> ALL: 64.182.
>
> >From my readings, I should not be getting any messages from 200.38.x.x,
> yet
> my /var/log/messages shows:
> Mar 28 10:50:36 helmethouse vsftpd(pam_unix)[23790]: check pass; user
> unknown
> Mar 28 10:50:36 helmethouse vsftpd(pam_unix)[23790]: authentication
> failure;
> log
> name= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=200.38.16.6
> Mar 28 10:50:40 helmethouse vsftpd(pam_unix)[23790]: check pass; user
> unknown
> Mar 28 10:50:40 helmethouse vsftpd(pam_unix)[23790]: authentication
> failure;
> log
> name= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=200.38.16.6
>
> And keeps going with a new entry every few seconds.
>
> Is /etc/hosts.deny properly set up?
> Is /etc/hosts.deny immediately active or must some service be restarted to
> make it go?
> Does vsftpd bypass /etc/hosts.deny?
>
> Thanks!
> Bill Watson
> bill at magicdigits.com
>
>
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