[Samba] Hosts files

[mark]

On Friday 08 November 2002 3:41 pm, Mike Stewart wrote:
> Hi, I have put entries into the "hosts" file for all the machines which
> need to connect to our Samba server.  Everything seems to be working
> correctly but I'm curious.... can anyone tell me what the other files
> "hosts.deny" and "hosts.allow" are for.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
They are for controlling access to your machine.  ;)  On freebsd 'man 
hosts_access' to get an overview.  I'm not sure what the appropriate page is 
under linux, try reading the /etc/hosts.allow file and see if it will give 
you a clue.