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tcpwrap_check()

tcpwrap_check - Performs a tcpwrap check

Syntax

bool tcpwrap_check (string $daemon, string $address, string $user, bool $nodns)

Arguments

  • daemon - The service name.
  • address - The client remote address. Can be either an IP address or a domain name.
  • user - An optional user name.
  • nodns - If address looks like domain name then DNS is used to resolve it to IP address; set nodns to TRUE to avoid this.

Description

This function consults the /etc/hosts.allowand /etc/hosts.denyfiles to check if access to service daemon should be granted or denied for a client.

Version

PHP PECL tcpwrap >= 0.1.0

Return value

This function returns TRUE if access should be granted, FALSE otherwise.