denyhosts quandry

[James Homuth]

Before you start looking for an app to blame, check the logs. Open a SSH
session, tail -F /bath/to/ssh.log, then load WinSCP. Then you'll know
precisely what's causing Denyhosts to freak out. 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield
Sent: March 19, 2009 10:26 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: denyhosts quandry

Hello list,
I have a quick question.
I am running denyhosts on my linux system, to try to keep out attackers from
running a password cracker on my ssh.
It's caught a few, but it seems to be screaming when I log in with win SCP.
Basically, every time I log in, it just blocks my host out.
Is there a way I can either get it to stop, or possibly set it to not block
that host?
I'm not sure why WIN SCP would trigger a denyhosts, as as far as I know, it
runs when a password is incorrect.
Unless win SCP sends an invalid login for some reason first, or something of
that sort.


Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
Web: tysdomain.com
email: tyler at tysdomain.com
My programs don't have bugs, they're called randomly added features.
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