"Lambert, Stephen : CO IR" wrote:
>
> Is it possible to configure a linux server to only allow 10 users access to
> server web pages and telnet(on a intranet web server).
> Is there an easy way to do this? Or must I learn how to set up a VPN?
>
> My assumption is that host.allow only restricts access to telnet not httpd?
> Is this right?
> Also, what is involved in verifing a DNS configuration. The status now is
> that anybody on our network can access this server without any problems. I
> would like to restrict this to only 10 users!
You'll actually want to investigate the configuration files in
/etc/httpd/conf. Apache isn't run through inetd and isn't controlled by
TCP Wrappers.
http://www.apache.org should have definitive information on how to
configure those files to limit server access to the 10 users.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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