How To Install tcpd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpd
on Debian 11.
What is tcpd
tcpd is:
Wietse Venema’s network logger, also known as TCPD or LOG_TCP.
These programs log the client host name of incoming telnet, ftp, rsh, rlogin, finger etc. requests.
Security options are:
- access control per host, domain and/or service;
- detection of host name spoofing or host address spoofing;
- booby traps to implement an early-warning system.
There are three methods to install tcpd
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tcpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tcpd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install tcpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tcpd
using apt
by running the following command:
Install tcpd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tcpd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall tcpd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the tcpd
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall tcpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcpd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
Remove tcpd Configurations and Data
To remove tcpd
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
Remove tcpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcpd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
tcpd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpd
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.