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denyhosts ip removal script
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| HOST=$1 | |
| cd /var/lib/denyhosts | |
| for i in `ls`; do mv $i $i.old; grep -v $HOST $i.old >> $i; done | |
| cp /etc/hosts.deny /tmp/hosts.deny | |
| grep -v $HOST /tmp/hosts.deny > /etc/hosts.deny |
Why do You have $HOST surrounded by ? @ line 6?
This code won't work for IPs with the questionmarks
Good question, must have been a copy-paste error or something. I noticed this in my private repository and fixed it this week, seems to work fine without the question marks.
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Nicked from http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-delete-remove-ip-address-that-denyhosts-blocked/ and slightly modified. Add an /etc/init.d/denyhosts stop|start to the beginning and end respectively if you run denyhosts as a daemon.