hosts.allow and hosts.deny missing in Ubuntu Feisty
Strange I’d not noticed this before, but /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny are missing on my Feisty laptop and a basic install of Edgy server that I’m running.
Turns out that they’re missing due to bug in netbase which removed a dependency on tcpd (which in turn installs hosts.allow and hosts.deny).
To get the files back simply sudo apt-get install tcpd
This bug is fixed in Gutsy.
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July 31st, 2007 at 8:33 pm
uh its left out cos its legacy and you shouldnt use it for security. there are better methods.
July 31st, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Well it was related to a bug which is now fixed – Bug 108379
I don’t think that these files where left out on purpose….