Re: hosts.deny booby trap?

[Mark Gray]

Dan Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> the man page mentions a booby trap for hosts.deny:
> /etc/hosts.deny:
> in.tftpd: ALL: (/some/where/safe_finger -l @%h | \
>        /usr/ucb/mail -s %d-%h root) &

You are reading the wrong man page -- you should have read:
man 5 hosts_options

in.tftpd: ALL: spawn (/some/where/safe_finger -l @%h | \
        /usr/ucb/mail -s %d-%h root) &


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