From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-12 i686) Description of problem: The configuration defaults in slapd were changed not to reverse-resolve IP addresses to hostnames. This breaks /etc/hosts.allow when hostnames are used. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set up /etc/hosts.allow (and hosts.deny) using hostnames instead of IPs. 2. Start slapd. 3. telnet localhost ldap 4. The connection is immediately broken. 5. Log message "host access from unknown (127.0.0.1) denied." Actual Results: (see above) Expected Results: The LDAP server should accept connections from hosts as defined in /etc/hosts.allow. Additional info:
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.