Bug 7616

Summary: Error parsing hosts.allow
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Jeff Largent <jlargent>
Component: tcp_wrappersAssignee: Preston Brown <pbrown>
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Description Jeff Largent 1999-12-06 01:57:46 UTC
Not all items after a comment(#) are ignored
for example if the following exists:
sshd: 192.168.1.2   # Local: more comments

when trying to ssh into machine the following error shows in system logs:
error: /etc/hosts.allow, line 13: bad option name: "more

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2000-02-04 00:08:59 UTC
Put comments on a separate line.