Re: tcpwrappers & inetd.conf


Subject: Re: tcpwrappers & inetd.conf
From: jeff (jeff@univrel.pr.uconn.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 11:58:40 EST


Basil Hussain wrote:
>
> > You should leave the entries in /etc/services, although I'm not sure what
> > they are used for. You can check to see if afpd is linked against the
> > tcp-wrappers libraries by typing "ldd afpd". Check that it says "libwrap"
> > in the list.
>
> I like to make a request to whoever maintains the RPM versions of Netatalk
> on Sourceforge (sorry, forgot who you are). The RPM version of Netatalk I'm
> running (netatalk-1.4.99-0.20001108mdk) isn't linked against tcp-wrappers:
>
> # ldd /usr/sbin/afpd
> libcrypto.so.0 => /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 (0x40018000)
> libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x400d6000)
> libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0x400e5000)
> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x400fb000)
> libdb.so.3 => /lib/libdb.so.3 (0x40100000)
> libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x4013a000)
> libcrack.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcrack.so.2 (0x40168000)
> libpam.so.0 => /lib/libpam.so.0 (0x40173000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4017b000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
>
> It would be really nice if it was the case, as it would add extra
> piece-of-mind to people like me who have internet-facing Netatalk servers,
> so that we can restrict access by IP, etc.

It is linked against tcp_wrappers ... statically. I don't have a
libwrap.so to link it against, so I have been sticking to the static
library.

jeff



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