NAME

       DenyHosts - version: 2.10

DESCRIPTION

       DenyHosts is a python program that automatically blocks ssh attacks by adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny.
       DenyHosts will also inform system administrators about offending hosts,  attacked  users  and  suspicious
       logins.

       Usage:  /usr/sbin/denyhosts  [-f  logfile  | --file=logfile] [ -c configfile | --config=configfile] [-i |
       --ignore] [-n | --noemail] [--purge] [--migrate] [--daemon] [--sync] [--version]

       --file:
              The name of log file to parse

       --config: The configuration file to use, typically /etc/denyhosts.conf

       --ignore: Ignore last processed offset (start processing from beginning)

       --noemail: Do not send an email report

       --unlock: if lockfile exists, remove it and run as normal

       --migrate: migrate your HOSTS_DENY file so that it is suitable for --purge

       --purge: expire entries older than your PURGE_DENY setting

       --purge-all: expire all entries immediately

       --purgeip: remove specified IP address from blocked list

       --daemon: run DenyHosts in daemon mode

       --foreground: run DenyHosts in foreground mode

       --sync: run DenyHosts synchronization mode

       --version: Prints the version of DenyHosts and exits

       Note: multiple --file args can be processed.  If multiple files are provided, --ignore is implied

       Note: in a Debian system, the default  running  mode  is  daemon  mode  and  the  configuration  file  is
       /etc/denyhosts.conf

   When run in --daemon mode the following flags are ignored:
       --file, --purge, --migrate, --sync, --verbose

SEE ALSO

       Please refer to http://denyhost.sourceforge.net/faq.html for full documentation.

AUTHOR

       DenyHosts was written by Phil Schwartz <phil_schwartz@users.sourceforge.net>

       This  manual  page  was written by Marco Bertorello <marco@bertorello.ns0.it> for the Debian project (but
       may be used by others).