-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- These are by no means irrelevant to sshd, even if it is not run from inetd. Read the man page for sshd, in which you'll see that it can be build with direct support for tcp_wrappers. If it is (I don't know what the configure options in the Debian build are, but I suspect it is), then 'sshd: ALL' or whatever should work in /etc/hosts.allow and .deny.
OTOH, Lindsay should also check for AllowHosts or DenyHosts in /etc/ssh/sshd_config...man sshd for more info. HTH, noah On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 09:48:13PM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > > Hello world, > > > > I have a hosts_access problem. > > > > hosts.deny has the line > > ALL:ALL > > > > This stops me logging in with ssh. The problem is that if I put a line in > > hosts.allow like > > sshd: my.ip.address > > the rule does not match because sshd does not feature in inetd.conf. > > > > What have I missed? > > The fact that these files are irrelevant to sshd unless it's run from > inetd. Possibly a firewall, or simply a misconfigured sshd is the real > culprit. > > -- > MegaHAL quote: > I think a blowpipe is a marijuana cigarrette. > It'll get you deleted! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOY6+/IdCcpBjGWoFAQE6igP9FWdo+vXZdVhQUMmUiV9h74/3vgjXGhF1 wjNfAU4I2cfG0N5az1nB+vqH8c0ERok67JpP1LzSkOSZTkBt1qZssRk/4+5UiPko pJ0Ppfv2akgtnWmHdK6U15BqgK++gRSwJWSb1156puKkqWCHY9VDPk01CaHpnGH0 hSg+jkoUIG0= =P2c/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----