hosts.allow

[Chuck Robey]

I shouldn't write this while I'm frustrated.  I just hope it doesn't 
leak out, I know I tend to do that.

I'm having trouble getting my mounts to work with my newly attached 
Zaurus, to my trusty FreeBSD server.  I have gotten past several 
problems, began googling error messages, and hit the /etc/hosts.allow 
file.  Here I've hit a problem.  The file, both the internals of it 
(which is a mass of examples with nearly no explanations) and the man 
page, are either circular definitions, or missing ones, grossly 
missing.  One glaring example, in the man page, the single most commonly 
used token is "ALL" but even though it's used more than any other token, 
it's not defined, even slightly.  What does ALL mean?

Hmm, howcome security info, which is the most important, is always the 
worst documented, and set up with the most complicated syntax?

If you MUST use examples, they should only be used to illustrate items 
that have explanations, they should never ever be used as the primary 
explanation.  I can't figure out how to use /etc/hosts.allow.  I'm not 
sure if it is, or is not, affecting my rpcbind.

Well, you be the judge, did I let my frustration out of the bag this time?