Information about the package, tcp_wrappers, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tcp_wrappers package is designed for, A security tool which acts as a wrapper for TCP daemons.
Package Name:
tcp_wrappers
Summary:
A security tool which acts as a wrapper for TCP daemons
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
7.6
Release:
58.el6
Size:
186 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
BSD
Control the tcp_wrappers package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tcp_wrappers
This command will install tcp_wrappers on the server.
yum remove tcp_wrappers
This command will un-install tcp_wrappers on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcp_wrappers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tcp_wrappers
This command will un-install tcp_wrappers on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcp_wrappers when using the -y flag.
yum update tcp_wrappers
This command will update tcp_wrappers to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tcp_wrappers, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tcp_wrappers
This command will update tcp_wrappers to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove tcp_wrappers when using the -y flag.
yum info tcp_wrappers
This command will show you core information about the tcp_wrappers package.
yum deplist tcp_wrappers
This command will show you the dependencies for tcp_wrappers. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update tcp_wrappers
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tcp_wrappers. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.