[syslog-ng]Problems getting tcp wrappers to work in Solaris

Balazs Scheidler bazsi@balabit.hu
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:34:40 +0100


On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:11:38PM -0500, Ed Ravin wrote:
> Jason Buchanan writes:
> > Can someone pass along the format required for properly implementing tcp 
> > wrappers for syslog-ng?
> 
> I do this : 
> 
> in hosts.deny:
> 
>   syslog-ng: ALL EXCEPT 1.2.3.4
> 
> And I don't have a hosts.allow file.
> 
> However, the example you posted looked OK - it's possible there's
> something else wrong.  Have you tried strace/ktrace/truss as
> appropriate for your platform and see if syslog-ng is actually
> searching for / reading in /etc/hosts.allow and hosts.deny?

Have you configured syslog-ng to actually use TCP wrappers?
Hint: check your './configure' output.

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