in the hosts.allow enter: in.telnetd: x.x.x.
where x.x.x. is the IP address of your address also you need to add localhost as below: in.telnetd: localhost IP_Address1 IP_Address2 IP_Address3 in the hosts.deny add the following: ALL: ALL to block all and only allow any hosts under hosts.allow. Now any one wants access you can add thier IPs to the hosts.allow as ALL: to cover all service or as: in.telnetd: in.ftpd: ipop3d: imap: Al-Juhani [EMAIL PROTECTED] >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Dear All > >I'm new to Linux so please forgive me if this is a dumb question. > >I am trying to disable telnet access from certain systems/subnets to a Linux >Server. I understand this can be acheievd by adding entries to the >hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. > >I have added > >in.telnetd: x.x.x. > >to the allow file (where x.x.x is the subnet that I want to allow telnet >access) > >and I have added > >in.telnetd: ALL > >to the deny file > >So in theory this should allow access to x.x.x subnet and deny everything >else? > >Problem is I can still telnet from anywhere > >Am I missing something? > >Thanks -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
