Thanks for the reply! well, i've been checking the matter, but no final conclusions yet. checked the moving of the "pure-ftpd-wrapper" to "pure-ftpd" - doesn't work :-(
I've contacted the debian package maintainer. i'll let U know when some solution is made, even switching to another ftp server... (cost effectiveness is valid factor here, as always) thanks again, Boaz R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Boaz Rymland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [README First]Re: TCP-Wrapper problem > On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 10:41:08PM +0200, Boaz Rymland wrote: > > I realized the original mail was a bit too detailed. > > > > A shorter version: > > I used to work in the past with tcp-wrapper including the "advanced" > > configuration of firing booby-traps, etc'. > > I'm really puzzled at my Debian 3 TCPD behaviour. It seems not to respond > > "correctly" to hosts.allow. > > The work is around setting pure-ftpd to go through the TCPD and do some > > "extra work" as it starts its session. Please see the previous mail for more > > elaborated details... . > > > > > 1. Maybe it should be pure-ftpd rather then pure-ftpd-wrapper in > hosts.allow? I believe it is worth testing. > 2. In case no one here knows I would try [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Has anyone experienced problems with TCPD v7.6-ipv6.1-3 ? > > Thanks, > > B. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Boaz Rymland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 8:57 PM > > Subject: TCP-Wrapper problem > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I'm having problem getting the tcpd work as I used to see it work. > > > > > > I have pure-ftpd which I want to control it's access to. in hosts.allow, > > > I enter > > > pure-ftpd-wrapper : ALL > > > just to check the situation (all allowed). > > > > > > Yet, the connection is always blocked by the hosts.deny directive: "ALL > > > : ALL" (single line which together with hosts.allow implement "deny all > > > except otherwise noted..."). > > > I get the error message via syslog acknoledging TCPD has denied the > > > service "pure-ftpd-wrapper" for 1.2.3.4 > > > Yes, inet.d ftp line calls tcpd with "pure-ftpd-wrapper" as the required > > > service. This name is appearing in all hosts.* files. > > > When I put ALL:ALL in hosts.allow - the connection is permitted. Its as > > > if tcpd somehow doesn't get the string "pure-ftpd-wrapper" right in it's > > > config files. > > > > > > I've tried changing the string to somthing shorter, and updating > > > inetd.conf, hosts.*, and the executable itself (both a symlink and a > > > simple cp), yet nothing seemed to work. Somehow, TCPD doesn't seem to > > > get the hosts.allow right. Well, or me :-) > > > > > > BTW, I've also tried tcpdchk and got in return: > > > tcpdchk: relocation error: tcpdchk: undefined symbol: skip_ipv6_addr > > > I then checked tcpd executable itself with ldd. all seems o.k. > > > > > > The system is Debian sid (updated). > > > > > > Any idea? > > > thanks, > > > Boaz R > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]