Re: installing denyhosts in 10.5

$ denyhosts-py25.py --help

Usage:

/sw/bin/denyhosts-py25.py [-f logfile | --file=logfile] [ -c configfile | --config=configfile] [-i | --ignore] [-n | --noemail] [--purge] [--migrate] [--daemon] [--sync] [--version]

But there may be something else going on here.  If I try starting the daemon manually, I get:

$ sudo denyhosts-py25.py -c /sw/etc/denyhosts-py25/denyhosts.cfg --daemon

Can't read: /var/log/asl.log

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/asl.log'

Error deleting DenyHosts lock file: /sw/var/run/denyhosts-py25.pid

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/sw/var/run/denyhosts-py25.pid'

And I get the same thing if I try to set the log file manually.

Maybe a reboot, thereby starting the daemon, would work.

On May 8, 2008, at 8:21 PM, glenn millhauser wrote:

Thanks.  When I execute /sw/bin/denyhosts-py25.py I get the error message:

Error reading file: denyhosts.cfg

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'denyhosts.cfg'

However, when I check the  /sw/etc/denyhosts-py25 directory, denyhosts.cfg is there.

Any ideas?

thanks,

g

On May 8, 2008, at 5:12 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:

Quite correct:  everything should be installed in your Fink tree by a Fink package (except for a few things that have to be handled at the system level).

The daemon is supposed to be set up to run automatically as part of the package's installation process.  

If you run "dpkg -L denyhosts-py25" you'll find /sw/bin/denyhosts-py25.py , which should be executable.

On May 8, 2008, at 7:30 PM, glenn millhauser wrote:

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" < glennmchemistry.ucsc.edu">glennmchemistry.ucsc.edu> 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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