I think you have the Apache configuration file confused with the hosts.deny file. What you have looks suspiciously like the format for an Apache Location or Directory.
Reading: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#directory http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#location Man pages (type on command line): man hosts.deny man hosts.allow man tcpd Hope that helps. No problem with the "newbie" questions - how else do you learn. Owen On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 19:44 -0500, WA Brown wrote: > Hello all, > I am new to this group and linux. I hope you tolerate another > "newbie". I have a server online at www.havenstead.net and am learning how > to do things with it everyday. I am running Redhat9 with an Apache 2.0 > server. > > This is what I have in the "hosts.deny" file. What have I got wrong? > > # > # hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are > # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server. > # > # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that > # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular > # you should know that NFS uses portmap! > > > > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > > Deny from 218.64.*.* > Deny from 61.134.32.18 > > > This what i am getting on my report. How should it be listed? > > WA Brown > > > 6 02:45:02 www sshd[32311]: Did not receive identification string from > 211.171.202.87 > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 12: missing > ":" separator > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 13: missing > ":" separator > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 15: missing > ":" separator > > Mar 6 07:50:10 www sshd[5322]: warning: /etc/hosts.deny, line 16: missing > ":" separator > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
