it shouold have been just hosts.allow. it brings up a manpage
for me, must be a difference in distros or versions. Here's a
small sampling from my man output...
/etc/hosts.allow:
ALL: LOCAL @some_netgroup
ALL: .foobar.edu EXCEPT terminalserver.foobar.edu
hope this helps a little more
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From: Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] hosts.allow format question
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>On Thursday 19 December 2002 01:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> "man /etc/hosts.allow" should give you everything you need
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>Err...all that does is display my current hosts.allow file in
man format. =
>A=20
>simple "man hosts.allow" produces the message that there is no
such manpage.
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>praedor
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