On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:43:34AM -0800, nate wrote: > Hugh Saunders said: > > > But i thought it would be more secure to put ALL : ALL in hosts.deny and > > then in.sshd : ALL in hosts.allow. This dosnt work[ssh connections are > > refused], how do i specify that i want all hosts to be able to connect to > > port 22? > > > hosts.allow/deny can be tricky(one reason I don't use it), your situation > should be fixed by changing in.sshd to sshd. Check /var/log/daemon.log > for the name of the daemon(s). You should see reject messages for the > sshd service. There is no reference to ssh at all in daemon.log But.. I changed in.sshd to sshd and it now works.
> another reason I don't use it is I prefer firewalls over it. Hmmm i guess iptables would be better but i dont speak iptables yet and hosts seemed like a quick fix and as with most quik fixes, it probably isnt the best way of doing things. thanks for help hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
