That's fantastic and encouraging! I guess I'll set my 10.5 machine up this weekend! :-)
Thanks for breaking trail on it! --rtw glenn millhauser wrote: > Good news -- looks like denyhosts is working! My guess -- from a > highly non-expert point of view -- is that most likely denyhosts > wasn't updated for 10.5. To summarize, here are my changes after > doing Fink install denyhosts-py25-2.6-1: > > 1) edit the sshd_config file according to the link > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/19292/match=denyhosts > > It's just two or three simple changes. > > 2) In /sw/etc/denyhosts-py25 edit the denyhosts.cfg file by changing > > SECURE_LOG = /var/log/asl.log to SECURE_LOG = /var/log/secure.log > > and comment out the statement SSHD_FORMAT_REGEX= > > > Then, according to instructions in this thread, I killed the active > daemon and restarted with > > sudo denyhosts-py25.py -c /sw/etc/denyhosts-py25/denyhosts.cfg -- > daemon > > > It is working very nicely. Catching all kinds of break in attempts > and logging them in host.deny. I went to another computer and tried > five bogus logins. Denyhosts caught this, added the id to the list > and allowed no further interactions from this computer. Nice. > > The only thing I haven't tried is rebooting to make sure the daemon > starts properly and sees all relevant files. If I have probs, I'll > let you know. > > Thanks everybody for all the help. Very much appreciated. > g ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
