NAME
DenyHosts - version: 2.6
DESCRIPTION
DenyHosts is a python program that automatically blocks ssh attacks by
adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. DenyHosts will also inform Linux
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
--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
--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
Note: multiple --file args can be processed. If multiple files are
provided, --ignore is implied
Note: in a debian system, the default running mode is daemon mode and
the configuration file is etc/denyhosts.conf
When run in --daemon mode the following flags are ignored:
--file, --purge, --migrate, --sync, --verbose
SEE ALSO
Please refer to http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/faq.html for full
documentation This file can be also found in
/usr/share/doc/denyhosts/FAQ.html
AUTHOR
DenyHosts was written by Phil Schwartz
<phil_schwartz@users.sourceforge.net>
This manual page was written by Marco Bertorello
<marco@bertorello.ns0.it> for the Debian project (but may be used by
others).