ACCESS CONTROL FILES

The access control software consults two files. The search stops at the first match:

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Access will be granted when a (daemon,client) pair matches an entry in the/etc/hosts.allow file.

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Otherwise, access will be denied when a (daemon,client) pair matches an entry in the/etc/hosts.deny file.

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Otherwise, access will be granted.

A non-existing access control file is treated as if it were an empty file. Thus, access control can be turned off by providing no access control files.

ACCESS CONTROL RULES