Confused about tcp_wrappers and sshd

[STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT)]

> On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 02:58:27PM -0500, STYMA, ROBERT E 
> (ROBERT) wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > ------------------ start ----------------------------
> > #
> > # hosts.allow	This file describes the names of the 
> hosts which are
> > #		allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
> > #		by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> > #
> > desoto
> > ALL: 123.123.36.72
> > ALL: 123.123.36.177
> > ALL: 127.0.0.1
> > ALL: 123.123.22.*
> The desoto line in the above file list confuses me. I was unaware that
> the only entry on a line can be a host name and I see no such line
> format documented in the hosts.allow man page. Is this something new
> or what?
> -- 
Sorry, I can't edit.  In the real file, the desoto line was
commented out and when I deleted the comment, I killed off too
much.  It should read:

ALL: desoto
ALL: 123.123.36.72
...

Bob