How To Install tcp_wrappers on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcp_wrappers on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tcp_wrappers.
Install tcp_wrappers on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install tcp_wrappers using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install tcp_wrappers
Install tcp_wrappers on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install tcp_wrappers using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install tcp_wrappers
How To Uninstall tcp_wrappers on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the tcp_wrappers package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove tcp_wrappers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcp_wrappers on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
