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NAME
     hosts_access, hosts_ctl, request_init, request_set - access
     control library

SYNOPSIS
     #include "tcpd.h"

     extern int allow_severity;
     extern int deny_severity;

     struct request_info *request_init(request, key, value, ..., 0)
     struct request_info *request;

     struct request_info *request_set(request, key, value, ..., 0)
     struct request_info *request;

     int hosts_access(request)
     struct request_info *request;

     int hosts_ctl(daemon, client_name, client_addr, client_user)
     char *daemon;
     char *client_name;
     char *client_addr;
     char *client_user;

DESCRIPTION
     The routines described in this document are part of the
     libwrap.a library. They implement a rule-based access con-
     trol language with optional shell commands that are executed
     when a rule fires.

     request_init() initializes a structure with information
     about a client request. request_set() updates an already
     initialized request structure. Both functions take a
     variable-length list of key-value pairs and return their
     first argument.  The argument lists are terminated with a
     zero key value. All string-valued arguments are copied. The
     expected keys (and corresponding value types) are:

     RQ_FILEDES (int)
	  The file descriptor associated with the request.

     RQ_CLIENT_NAME (char *)
	  The client host name.

     RQ_CLIENT_ADDRESS (char *)
	  A printable representation of the client network
	  address.

     RQ_CLIENT_SOCKADDR (struct sockaddr_in *)
	  An internal representation of the client network
	  address and port.  The contents of the structure are


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	  not copied.

     RQ_SERVER_NAME (char *)
	  The hostname associated with the server endpoint
	  address.

     RQ_SERVER_ADDRESS (char *)
	  A printable representation of the server endpoint
	  address.

     RQ_SERVER_SOCKADDR (struct sockaddr_in *)
	  An internal representation of the server endpoint
	  address and port.  The contents of the structure are
	  not copied.

     RQ_USER_NAME (char *)
	  The name of the user on whose behalf the client host
	  makes the request.

     hosts_access() consults the access control tables described
     in the hosts_access(5) manual page.  When internal endpoint
     information is available, host names and client user names
     are looked up on demand, using the request structure as a
     cache.  hosts_access() returns zero if access should be
     denied.

     hosts_ctl() is a wrapper around the request_init() and
     hosts_access() routines with a perhaps more convenient
     interface (though it does not pass on enough information to
     support automated client username lookups).  The client host
     address, client host name and username arguments should con-
     tain valid data or STRING_UNKNOWN.  hosts_ctl() returns zero
     if access should be denied.

     The allow_severity and deny_severity variables determine how
     accepted and rejected requests may be logged. They must be
     provided by the caller and may be modified by rules in the
     access control tables.

DIAGNOSTICS
     Problems are reported via the syslog daemon.

SEE ALSO
     hosts_access(5), format of the access control tables.
     hosts_options(5), optional extensions to the base language.

FILES
     /etc/hosts.access, /etc/hosts.deny, access control tables.

BUGS
     hosts_access() uses the strtok() library function. This may
     interfere with other code that relies on strtok().


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AUTHOR
     Wietse Venema (wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl)
     Department of Mathematics and Computing Science
     Eindhoven University of Technology
     Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513,
     5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands


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