1TRY-FROM(8) Linux Programmer's Manual TRY-FROM(8)
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6 try-from - test program for the tcp_wrapper
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9 try-from
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12 The try-from command can be called via a remote shell command to find
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14 tcp_wrapper library, if username lookup works, and (SysV only) if the
15 TLI on top of IP heuristics work. Diagnostics are reported through sys‐
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20 rsh host /some/where/try-from
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24 hosts_access(5), hosts_options(5), tcpd(8)
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27 Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
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32Linux 21th June 1997 TRY-FROM(8)