A correctly-formatted entry has been added to /etc/hosts.allow to allow certain clients to connect to a service, but this is having no effect. What would be the cause of this?

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E. The service does not support tcpwrappers

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A. tcpd needs to be sent the HUP signal.

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B. The service needs to be restarted.

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C. The machine needs to be restarted.

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D. There is a conflicting entry in /etc/hosts.deny .

A correctly-formatted entry has been added to /etc/hosts.allow to allow certain clients to connect to a service, but this is having no effect. What would be the cause of this?

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