NAME
hosts_access,
hosts_ctl, request_init,
request_set —
tcp wrapper access control
library
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include <tcpd.h>
extern int allow_severity;
extern int deny_severity;
struct request_info *
request_init(struct
request_info *request,
int key,
value,
...,
0);
struct request_info *
request_set(struct
request_info *request,
int key,
value,
...,
0);
int
hosts_access(struct
request_info *request);
int
hosts_ctl(char
*daemon, char
*client_name, char
*client_addr, char
*client_user);
DESCRIPTION
The routines described in this document are part of the
libwrap.a library. They implement a rule-based
access control language with optional shell commands that are executed when
a rule fires.
request_init()
initializes a structure with information about a client request.
request_set()
updates an already initialized request structure. Both functions take a
variable-length list of key-value pairs and return their first argument. The
argument lists are terminated with a zero key value. All string-valued
arguments are copied. The expected keys (and corresponding value types)
are:
- RQ_FILE (int)
- The file descriptor associated with the request.
- RQ_CLIENT_NAME (char *)
- The client host name.
- RQ_CLIENT_ADDR (char *)
- A printable representation of the client network address.
- RQ_CLIENT_SIN (struct sockaddr_in *)
- An internal representation of the client network address and port. The contents of the structure are not copied.
- RQ_SERVER_NAME (char *)
- The hostname associated with the server endpoint address.
- RQ_SERVER_ADDR (char *)
- A printable representation of the server endpoint address.
- RQ_SERVER_SIN (struct sockaddr_in *)
- An internal representation of the server endpoint address and port. The contents of the structure are not copied.
- RQ_DAEMON (char *)
- The name of the daemon process running on the server host.
- RQ_USER (char *)
- The name of the user on whose behalf the client host makes the request.
hosts_access()
consults the access control tables described in the
hosts_access(5) manual page. When internal endpoint
information is available, host names and client user names are looked up on
demand, using the request structure as a cache.
hosts_access() returns zero if access should be
denied.
hosts_ctl()
is a wrapper around the request_init() and
hosts_access() routines with a perhaps more
convenient interface (though it does not pass on enough information to
support automated client username lookups). The client host address, client
host name and username arguments should contain valid data or
STRING_UNKNOWN. hosts_ctl() returns zero if access
should be denied.
The allow_severity and deny_severity variables determine how accepted and rejected requests may be logged. They must be provided by the caller and may be modified by rules in the access control tables.
FILES
- /etc/hosts.allow
- Access control table (allow list)
- /etc/hosts.deny
- Access control table (deny list)
DIAGNOSTICS
Problems are reported via the syslog daemon.
SEE ALSO
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