sshd host allow/deny doesn't work

Torquemalex · 08-25-2008, 02:54 AM

Hi everybody

I have 2 servers with the same configuration:

hosts.allow
sshd: [my pc's IP]/255.255.255.255

hosts.deny
sshd : ALL

on one of them (suse 10.3) everything works fine, and noone can gets in but my pc. On the other one (suse 10.1) anyone can gets in! After every configuration change Ive always restarted the deamon...

Can anyone helps me please?

Grazie!

win32sux · 08-25-2008, 03:30 AM

Can you make sure the malfunctioning binary was compiled with support for TCP wrappers?

Example:

Code:

ldd /usr/sbin/sshd | grep libwrap

(Adjust the name and path of the binary if necessary.)

Torquemalex · 08-25-2008, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by win32sux

Can you make sure the malfunctioning binary was compiled with support for TCP wrappers?

Example:

Code:

ldd /usr/sbin/sshd | grep libwrap

(Adjust the name and path of the binary if necessary.)

Hi and thanks for your reply

I tried and they both do...

I've found the problem: hosts.allow/deny needs an empty line between each written line. By luck I've checked in the log file and I've found:
: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 63: missing newline or line too long
so I tried to separate the entries and now it works!