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hosts_access(3)						       hosts_access(3)

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

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The routines described here are a part of the library.  They  implement
       a  rule-based access control language with optional shell commands that
       are executed when a rule fires.

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

       The file descriptor associated with the request.

       The client host name.

       A printable representation of the client network address.

       An internal representation of the client network address and port.  The
	      contents of the structure are not copied.

       The hostname associated with the server endpoint address.

       A printable representation of the server endpoint address.

       An  internal  representation  of	 the server endpoint address and port.
       The
	      contents of the structure are not copied.

       The name of the daemon process running on the server host.

       The name of the user on whose behalf the client host makes the request.

       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.  returns zero if access should be denied.

       is  a  wrapper  around  the and 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 contain valid data  or  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.

       The  rfc931_timeout  variable  determines  the  timeout	value  for the
       client's username lookup.  It must be set with a positive value	and  a
       value of 0 disables the username lookup.

RETURN VALUE
       The  and	 functions  return a pointer to the structure.	The members of
       the returned structure are initialized  and  updated  with  the	values
       passed to the respective functions, and

       The  and functions return if the access is granted and if the access is
       denied, for the requested service.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Problems are reported via the daemon, at and levels.

WARNINGS
       uses the library function.  This may interfere  with  other  code  that
       relies on

AUTHOR
       These routines were developed by

       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

FILES
       access control tables.

       access control tables.

SEE ALSO
       hosts_access(5) format of the access control tables.

       hosts_options(5) optional extensions to the base language.

							       hosts_access(3)
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