NAME¶
tcpdchk - tcp wrapper configuration checker
SYNOPSIS¶
tcpdchk [-a] [-d] [-i inet_conf] [-v]
DESCRIPTION¶
tcpdchk examines your tcp wrapper configuration and reports all potential
and real problems it can find. The program examines the
tcpd access
control files (by default, these are
/etc/hosts.allow and
/etc/hosts.deny), and compares the entries in these files against
entries in the
inetd network configuration file.
tcpdchk reports problems such as non-existent pathnames; services that
appear in
tcpd access control rules, but are not controlled by
tcpd; services that should not be wrapped; non-existent host names or
non-internet address forms; occurrences of host aliases instead of official
host names; hosts with a name/address conflict; inappropriate use of wildcard
patterns; inappropriate use of NIS netgroups or references to non-existent NIS
netgroups; references to non-existent options; invalid arguments to options;
and so on.
Where possible,
tcpdchk provides a helpful suggestion to fix the problem.
OPTIONS¶
- -a
- Report access control rules that permit access without an
explicit ALLOW keyword.
- -d
- Examine hosts.allow and hosts.deny files in
the current directory instead of the default ones.
- -i inet_conf
- Specify this option when tcpdchk is unable to find
your inetd.conf network configuration file, or when you suspect
that the program uses the wrong one.
- -v
- Display the contents of each access control rule. Daemon
lists, client lists, shell commands and options are shown in a
pretty-printed format; this makes it easier for you to spot any
discrepancies between what you want and what the program understands.
FILES¶
The default locations of the
tcpd access control tables are:
/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
SEE ALSO¶
tcpdmatch(8), explain what tcpd would do in specific cases.
hosts_access(5), format of the tcpd access control tables.
hosts_options(5), format of the language extensions.
inetd.conf(5), format of the inetd control file.
AUTHORS¶
Wietse Venema (wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl),
Department of Mathematics and Computing Science,
Eindhoven University of Technology
Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513,
5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
