tcpwrappers for sendmail?

Knute Johnson knute2009 at knutejohnson.com
Wed Nov 11 00:51:17 UTC 2009


Rashkae wrote:
> Knute Johnson wrote:
>> Rashkae wrote:
>>> Knute Johnson wrote:
>>>> I have a ubuntu server installation running sendmail.  Is it possible to 
>>>> configure it to use tcpwrappers to control access?  If so can somebody 
>>>> give me the details?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/tcp-wrappers-rejection-with-sendmail-175731/
>>>
>> Thanks for the post but that isn't really my problem.  Tcpwrappers or 
>> sendmail (I'm not sure which), as it is currently configured in my 
>> installation, does not affect arriving mail connections.  If I put 
>> ALL:ALL in my hosts deny, sendmail still works flawlessly.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
> 
> 
> ookay, sorry I'm working blind, as I've never installed sendmail since
> Slackware days, and can't really test.  But just to confirm, you are
> certain that you are, in fact using sendmail?  Note that any MTA
> installed (postfix, exim, etc) will include a sendmail binary, even
> though it's not really sendmail.  (If that makes sense to you, you get
> to keep my job :)
> 

I'm pretty sure it is just sendmail.

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Knute Johnson
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