denyhosts (8) Linux Manual Page
DenyHosts – version: 2.8
Description
DenyHosts is a python program that automatically blocks ssh attacks by adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. DenyHosts will also inform system administrators about offending hosts, attacked users and suspicious logins. Usage: /usr/sbin/denyhosts [-f logfile | –file=logfile] [ -c configfile | –config=configfile] [-i | –ignore] [-n | –noemail] [–purge] [–migrate] [–daemon] [–sync] [–version]
- –file:
- The name of log file to parse
- –config: The configuration file to use, typically /etc/denyhosts.conf
- –ignore: Ignore last processed offset (start processing from beginning)
- –noemail: Do not send an email report
- –unlock: if lockfile exists, remove it and run as normal
- –migrate: migrate your HOSTS_DENY file so that it is suitable for –purge
- –purge: expire entries older than your PURGE_DENY setting
- –purge-all: expire all entries immediately
- –purgeip: remove specified IP address from blocked list
- –daemon: run DenyHosts in daemon mode
- –foreground: run DenyHosts in foreground mode
- –sync: run DenyHosts synchronization mode
- –version: Prints the version of DenyHosts and exits
- –ignore: Ignore last processed offset (start processing from beginning)
When run in –daemon mode the following flags are ignored:
- –file, –purge, –migrate, –sync, –verbose
See Also
- Please refer to http://denyhost.sourceforge.net/faq.html for full documentation.
Author
DenyHosts was written by Phil Schwartz <phil_schwartz [at] users.sourceforge.net>
This manual page was written by Marco Bertorello <marco [at] bertorello.ns0.it> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).