Astrid, HP Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Services Manual states that the inetd.sec file (/var/adm/inetd.sec (link) INETDSEC.NET.SYS) works with a single line for allowing/denying a particular service and that a continuation line is made with a '/' as the last position of the line. This does not seem to work as advertised. My testing indicated that it is a backslash '\' as the final character on the line rather than a forward slash for the continuation character. Greg Skvorak Beechglen Development, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Astrid Koizar" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:24 AM Subject: FTP Security via INETDSEC.NET.SYS Hi all! We try to allow certain computers to connect to one of our HP3000 via FTP in the File INETDSEC.NET.SYS. As the list of IP-Adresses will exceed one line we tried to follow the editing tips (see below) Internet Daemon inetd Security File Editing Tips ... . To continue an entry on the next line, place a slash (/) at the end of the line to be continued. The Internet daemon will ignore a slash that appears in the middle of the line, continue reading to the end, and ignore the next line. In this case, it will probably misinterpret the entry and you will see an error message. our file looks like ftp deny * ftp allow x.x.x.x a.a.a.a ... / b.b.b.b c.c.c.c ip-adresses in the first line (x.x.x.x and a.a.a.a) are allowed to connect, whereas ip-adresses in the second line are never allowed. i tried to put the slash in column 80 as well, checked with vi-editor if it was at the end of the line, whatever ... after trying to connect from an adress in the second line the STDLIST of Job Jinetd shows Received call for: ftp tcp /usr/adm/inetd.sec: allow/deny field does not have a valid entry for b.b.b.b (b.b.b.b is the first adress in the continuation line). any help highly appreciated! * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *