denyhosts keeps adding back my IP

Question

I am trying to unblock an IP from which I was doing some tests. I have followed the tutorials on the net:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/denyhosts stop
$ sudo vim /etc/deny.         


        

Answer 1

Just add the IP that should always have access to the file:

/etc/hosts.allow

That entry could look like:

ALL: 30.20.10.0/24

That way, even if it ends up in /etc/hosts.deny as well, the IP will still have access.

Mind the ALL before the IP, I see you forgot that with your echo statement.

References:

• http://its.virginia.edu/unixsys/sec/hosts.html
• http://linux.die.net/man/5/hosts.allow