/etc/hosts.allow missing ":" separator

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

/var/log/messages:

Oct 15 10:42:15 systemname vsftpd[22656]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 6: missing ":" separator
Oct 15 10:42:15 systemname vsftpd[22656]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 8: missing ":" separator
Oct 15 10:42:15 systemname vsftpd[22656]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 9: missing ":" separator
Oct 15 10:42:15 systemname vsftpd[22656]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 10: missing ":" separator
Oct 15 10:42:15 systemname vsftpd[22656]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 11: missing ":" separator

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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