Meanwhile I've not set this up myself, the first thing that comes to mind is to restart certain daemons. For example, you may need to: /etc/init.d/sshd restart Then try and log in. That may fix the problem. tdh T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Real Men use Vi." * Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010523 14:24]: | Hi all, | | I have a bit of a security risk, and I was hoping someone could help me | out... | | how does hosts.deny get used?? | | I have this: | | ALL: 202.3.163.74 | ALL: 146.88.60.15 | ALL: 64.170.196.68 | ALL: 202.165.71.44 | | in my hosts.deny | | and yet, I am using that last IP myself now dialed in, and I can still | connect to my server via SSH | | | i didn't used to be able to do that. for some reason my hosts.deny file | isn't working... | | | Can anyone tell me why or where to look for the reason it isn't working? | | does anything need to be running to use hosts.deny? (I am using xinetd) | | I am lost here and I think this is very important, as its obviously the | reason that my portsentry isn't cutting people off... | | | Many thanks | | regards | | Frank.
