Re: Unable to post

Hello Patrik!

Am Sonntag 10 Dezember 2000 00:25 schrieben Sie:
> Peter Heckert <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Path is set to /usr/local/sbin . This is where I installed sn.
> > Maybe, inetd or tcpd deletes the PATH, for security reasons ?
>
> Hmm, could be...
>

> > I believe,that "setenv" doesnt work for Mandrakes tcpd.
>
> Oh? Well, "setenv=POSTING_OK" has certainly worked for me... Perhaps it's
> changed in newer versions of tcpd. If you've found any good URLs about
> this, feel free to share... :)

I went to www.google.com/linux and typed "hosts.allow setenv wietse" as 
searchstring:
http://www.google.com/linux?q=hosts.allow+setenv+wietse&site=search&restrict=linux&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&btnG=Google+Search

I got this (and much more):
http://www2.merton.ox.ac.uk/~security/linux-security-199808/0006.html

Its a posting from Wietse Venema where he explains the syntax.
However, other people use also "setenv=..." successful. I can see this from 
the discussions I found with google.
Maybe its version dependent. From the search results I can see,that other 
people (mostly qmail users) have problems too :-).

I dont want to confuse. "setenv" in hosts.allow just doesnt work for me and I 
wanted to share this information with you and possibly solve the problem. 

greetings,

Peter