On 23/12/11 13:20, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 15/12/11 20:56, perlj...@gmail.com wrote: >> After a manual entry in /etc/hosts.deny >> >> ip didn't blocked >> >> ALL: 151.12.xxx.xxx >> >> I wonder why? >> >> I use denyhosts for automatic entries >> >> Thank you in advance >> >> Nikos >> >> > Check /etc/hosts.allow it has precedence over /etc/hosts.deny > > As Raf (?) suggested - remove the xxx from the entry. > Wildcards (*) are supported by /etc/hosts.deny and tcp wrappers. > > You can use:- > 151.12.*.* > OR > 151.12.???.??? > OR > 151.12. > to achieve the same match > > > Cheers >
almost forgot.... If it still doesn't work - check that you have a new line at the end of /etc/hosts.deny (same rule for /etc/hosts.allow) or the last entry is ignored. Cheers -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ef3e600.7000...@gmail.com
