Re: [SSHGuard-users] Remove ip from blocked table

[Kevin Z. <kev...@gm...>]

On 06/10/16 00:57, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
> In een bericht van 9-6-2016 23:06:
> 
>>> Can you tell me what the best way is of removing a blocked IP
>>> from SSHGuard?
>> 
>> Someone please correct me if I am mistaken. But typically a reboot
>> of the system / SSHGuard will take care of this?
> 
> Don't think so - blocked IP's are normally registered in a *.db
> (which isn't a database but a textfile (I think). My question
> actually referred to this file - can I just edit the file and remove
> some of the IP's or should I do that from the sshguard command line?

Yes, remove the address from the db file. If SSHGuard is running, then
that address is probably blocked in the firewall, too. In that case,
either restart SSHGuard or manually remove the block from the firewall
ruleset.

Best,
Kevin

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