[linux-security] Re: tcpd anomaly

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On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Wietse Venema wrote:
| P.S. Appending "&" to a "twist" command will screw it up: the shell
| will close the standard input of the twisted command, so it can't
| read from the network.

just wanted to add: I wasn't using TWIST when I had "&" at the end. what I
had was:

smbd: ALL: (/bin/echo "%u at %n (%a) to %d" | \
 /bin/mail me) &

in /etc/hosts.deny

don't flame me, I don't use it anymore.


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