Very strange. I tested my denyhosts settings. And it worked properly. It bans my ip and I'm unable to connect anymore. Now I deleted the line with my ip in hosts.deny and rebooted my server. And there it is.My ip is back in there. How is this possible. Do I need to delete something else too?
This is caused by Code: ###################################################################### # # AGE_RESET_VALID: Specifies the period of time between failed login # attempts that, when exceeded will result in the failed count for # this host to be reset to 0. This value applies to login attempts # to all valid users (those within /etc/passwd) with the # exception of root. If not defined, this count will never # be reset. # # See the comments in the PURGE_DENY section (above) # for details on specifying this value or for complete details # refer to: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/faq.html#timespec # AGE_RESET_VALID=5d # ###################################################################### ###################################################################### # # AGE_RESET_ROOT: Specifies the period of time between failed login # attempts that, when exceeded will result in the failed count for # this host to be reset to 0. This value applies to all login # attempts to the "root" user account. If not defined, # this count will never be reset. # # See the comments in the PURGE_DENY section (above) # for details on specifying this value or for complete details # refer to: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/faq.html#timespec # AGE_RESET_ROOT=25d # ###################################################################### ###################################################################### # # AGE_RESET_INVALID: Specifies the period of time between failed login # attempts that, when exceeded will result in the failed count for # this host to be reset to 0. This value applies to login attempts # made to any invalid username (those that do not appear # in /etc/passwd). If not defined, count will never be reset. # # See the comments in the PURGE_DENY section (above) # for details on specifying this value or for complete details # refer to: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/faq.html#timespec # AGE_RESET_INVALID=10d # ###################################################################### in your denyhosts.cfg.
