Thanks, Laine. However, my Fink installation seems to have set up
things differently. I don't have a /usr/share/denyhosts directory.
Instead, I have a /sw/etc/daemons directory containing the file
denyhosts-py25.xml. All files have been installed under /sw. For
example, the denyhosts.cfg file is in /sw/etc/denyhosts-py25
directory. Does this make sense to you and, if so, do you know how to
launch the daemon?
thanks
On May 8, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Laine Lee wrote:
On 5/6/08 7:04 PM, "glenn millhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
1) I found instructions that only involve editing the sshd_config
file. Is this sufficient?
I think the editing of the sshd_config file is what is needed to
make it
work on a standard (non-server) Tiger system. Most of what you need
for
setup is found in the denyhosts FAQ. Once you've configured it, you
should
be able to get some information by running the start and stop
commands. I
think you might want to use Lingon to create a launchd item rather
than
cron. It's fairly straighforward to set up a startup item with Lingon.
The start and stop commands are (depending on your configuration - I
didn't
install this particular solution using Fink):
/usr/share/denyhosts/daemon-control start
/usr/share/denyhosts/daemon-control stop
It should be possible to get further help by using the resources
available
at denyhosts.sourceforge.net.
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/19292/match=denyhosts
2) Elsewhere, I've seen that one has to also edit the crontab file.
Can I skip this and just do step 1?
I'd suggest that you make configuration customizations first using
Robert's
message and the denyhosts FAQ, then see whether denyhosts is working
using
the start and stop commands, then use launchd (Lingon handles that
well), or
cron, or the startup method of your choice.
3) Part of the instructions of step one involves the sshd_config
settings
PasswordAuthentication no
UsePAM yes
UseDNS no
If the UsePAM somehow doesn't work right, will setting
"PasswordAuthentication no" leave my computer open to random logins?
I don't think so.
Laine Lee
Glenn L. Millhauser
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
831 459 2176 voice
831 566 3337 cell
831 459 2935 fax
http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~glennm
http://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu/faculty/millhauser.html
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