How To Install tcp_wrappers on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcp_wrappers on Fedora 34.
What is tcp_wrappers
The tcp_wrappers package provides small daemon programs which can monitor and filter incoming requests for systat, finger, FTP, telnet, rlogin, rsh, exec, tftp, talk and other network services. Install the tcp_wrappers program if you need a security tool for filtering incoming network services requests. This version also supports IPv6.
We can use yum or dnf to install tcp_wrappers on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tcp_wrappers.
Install tcp_wrappers on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install tcp_wrappers using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tcp_wrappers
Install tcp_wrappers on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install tcp_wrappers using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tcp_wrappers
How To Uninstall tcp_wrappers on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the tcp_wrappers package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tcp_wrappers
tcp_wrappers Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/5deb88b81d11890e1e51e2a392a3d6e2e2200b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/a08a3976cd9ee0cda6797cb02813ff7f824dd2
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/71d4a2eb007f723f4a64c395754b8afd39c916
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/5205daaa6877cf75e8fa7b57320699a173193b
/usr/sbin/safe_finger
/usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/sbin/tcpdmatch
/usr/sbin/try-from
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/BLURB
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/Banners.Makefile
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/README
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/README.IRIX
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/README.NIS
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/README.ipv6
/usr/share/doc/tcp_wrappers/README.ipv6.2
/usr/share/licenses/tcp_wrappers
/usr/share/licenses/tcp_wrappers/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/man/man8/safe_finger.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tcpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/tcpdmatch.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/try-from.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcp_wrappers on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
