hosts allow = wildcards

[jp at pour.midcoast.com]

> Hello!
> 
> A good day to you all. i would like to know the exact
> syntax for the hosts allow and hosts deny line. The
> documentation states that the standard unix wildcards
> will do ,  but i have nothad any success when i set
> the ff options:
> hosts allow = 192.168.37.*
> hosts allow = 192.168.37.
> hosts allow = 192.168.37.* 192.168.38.*
> hosts allow = *.plugbert.com
> hosts allow = *
> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

hosts deny = *
hosts allow = *.midcoast.com 10.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/16  206.26.224.0/21

is how we do it.

tail the logfile while attempting for more detail regarding why your 
attempt might not be working.

-Jason Philbrook