Re: [Denyhosts-user] Init Script Stuck on Starting denyhosts

[Joseph G. <jg...@ha...>]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the follow up...

It was indeed the log file being huge :). The file is on a normal rotation
cycle so it has since rotated to a compressed file for archiving. The
system is quite a popular one in the hacker community, apparently, as the
secure file can grow over 60 - 160 megs in a day HAH! Most of the systems I
use Denyhosts on are smaller, less "known" hosts, so the secure file is
like 5 - 10 megs and denyhosts fires right up, so it took me off guard.

At this time, Denyhosts is working as it should.

Thanks again!!!

Joe Giles

System Administrator
HaloRiver Management Group

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On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III <ti...@ma...>
wrote:

> >>>>> "JG" == Joseph Giles <jg...@ha...> writes:
>
> JG> I am using CentOS 6.6 fully updates and the following version of
> JG> Denyhosts:
>
> JG> denyhosts-2.6-20.el6.noarch
>
> Unfortunately Centos6 is very old.  (I know it's supported by Red Hat
> but it was based off a Fedora so old that I can't remember what systems
> and versions of things it actually has.)  It looks like you're using the
> EPEL package, which I have updated to fix security problems in the past
> but which I don't really maintain because the modern packages don't even
> build.  If you use the regular EPEL support channel for assistance (see
> below) I might be willing to cook up a package for a more recent
> version.
>
> JG> I have it installed and configured to my liking, but when I do a
> JG> service denyhosts start, it just sticks at:
>
> JG> /etc/init.d/denyhosts start Starting denyhosts:
>
> JG> And never comes back with OK.
>
> Didn't your package come with documentation which explains that?  There
> should be a README.Fedora file which explains this, though I guess that
> package release may be old enough to not have it.  I can't really
> remember what's in those ancient releases.
>
> Anyway, the simple answer (assuming my guess about your problem is
> correct) is to rotate /var/log/secure.  Or just wait for denyhosts to
> finish processing all of your old logs but I recommend the former.  You
> can manually process the rotated log later.
>
> Also, if you're going to use packages from some kind of distribution
> like EPEL, it's probably best to file bugs for this kind of thing with
> their support channel.  For EPEL packages that would be
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com
>
>  - J<
>

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