On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Robert Ruzbacky wrote: > warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 11: can't verify hostname: gethostbyname > (gomez.star.cd) failed
Maybe use IP instead. > Why would cause this to fail? When I put "ALL: 203." in the Sometimes ther nameserver is available and sometimes it is not. > in.telnetd: ALL EXECEPT 192.168.1. Typo: "EXCEPT". > everyone in the above category, which annoyed some of our users. I thought > that the DNS server (bind) handled all these requests and that the host > files didn't matter much, until I saw what was happening. /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} are not related to DNS lookups. They are for allowing access based on IPs, hostnames, usernames. Jeremy C. Reed ................................................... BSD software, documentation, resources, news... http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]