host.deny question

[Matthew J. Brodeur]

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On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Phil Buckley wrote:

> Jan 16 08:45:40 water ftpd[26918]: FTP LOGIN REFUSED (anonymous ftp \
> denied on default server) FROM AMontsouris-103-1-5-65.abo.wanadoo.fr \
> [80.14.150.65], anonymous
> 
> 
> So just wanted to see if my syntax is correct...
> ALL: abo.wanadoo.fr
> 
> Will that keep anyone from trying to connect from that ISP?

   You missed one character:
ALL: .abo.wanadoo.fr
     ^
     ^
The preceding dot causes anything that ends with your pattern to match.  
Look at "man 5 hosts_access" for more details.


- -- 
     -Matt

The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity
- -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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