Re: Normal mode of operation? - Clarifying on 2nd Try.j

Nope, that is not the intended mode of operation.
You should probably be using the 'bind' directive instead of
the only_from and no_access directives.

Rob

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:22:20PM -0500, Tony Thedford wrote:
> Sorry for double posting but the original was just too screwed up.
> 
> ----
> I'm wondering if the way that I am running the xinetd server is using a 
> feature or programing accident. I didn't find any info or examples where 
> others are doing the same thing.
> 
> I am setting up my config file to allow two different service id's to both use 
> the same port. One service id restricts the incoming connection addresses to 
> range A while the other service id restricts them to range B. Neither range 
> overlaps. Both services use the same protocol, TCP. It seems to work OK this 
> way but is this an intentional mode of operation by the designers? In other 
> words, is it semi-safe to assume that it will still work this way on the next 
> revision of the program? Another thought comes to mind - what will be the out 
> come in all cases if the ranges do overlap? Here are my two services in 
> question:
> 
> # default: on
> # description: Qmail SMTP service for delivering and receiving mail via \
> #       the SMTP protocol. Provides local service with relaying.
> service smtp
> {
>   disable = no
>   id = smtp-loc
>   port = 25
>   only_from = 192.168.0.0/16 127.0.0.1
>   socket_type = stream
>   protocol = tcp
>   wait = no
>   env = RELAYCLIENT=
>   passenv =
>   user = qmaild
>   flags = NOLIBWRAP
>   server = /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
>   server_args = -R /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
>   log_on_success = HOST DURATION PID
>   log_on_failure = HOST
>   nice = 0
>   instances = 60
>   cps = 25 5
>   rlimit_as = 2M
> }
> 
> # default: on
> # description: Qmail SMTP service for delivering and receiving mail via \
> #       the SMTP protocol. Provide public service with relaying denied.
> service smtp
> {
>   disable = no
>   id = smtp-pub
>   port = 25
>   no_access = 192.168.0.0/16 127.0.0.1
>   socket_type = stream
>   protocol = tcp
>   wait = no
>   env =
>   passenv =
>   user = qmaild
>   flags = NOLIBWRAP
>   server = /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
>   server_args = -R /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
>   log_on_success = HOST DURATION PID
>   log_on_failure = HOST
>   nice = 0
>   instances = 60
>   cps = 25 5
>   rlimit_as = 2M
> }
> 
> Thanks for any comments, opinions, pointers, etc.
> 
> -Tony Thedford
> 
> -- 
> The Poems, all three hundred of them, may be summed up in one of their 
> phrases:
> "Let our thoughts be correct".
> 		-- Confucius
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