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RE: qpopper through TCP wrappers



The tcp wrapper software's function is to provide application-indipendent
access control to inetd-based servers. If you look at /etc/inetd.conf you
can see something like this:
ftp     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/libexec/tcpd       ftpd -A -l
telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/libexec/tcpd       telnetd

This means that inetd will spawn, upon connection to the ftp port,
/usr/libexec/tcpd with "ftpd -A -l" as an argument. the tcpd (The tcp
wrapper) examines its configuration files (namely /etc/hosts.allow,
/etc/hosts.deny etc.) and allows/denies the connection appropriately.

Read "man tcpd" for more details.

Uriel

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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-il-bounce@cs.huji.ac.il [mailto:linux-il-bounce@cs.huji.ac.il]On
Behalf Of Shaul Karl
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 6:02 PM
To: Aviram Jenik
Cc: linux ILUG
Subject: Re: qpopper through TCP wrappers


> Hi.
>
> How can I run qpopper through tcp wrappers?


Can someone post a short explanation about what tcp wrappers are?

						Thank you.


> Does it require a recompilation of qpopper?
>
> Thanks.
>


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