From 1ac5e6a7f70e002aa89b6192fe7a51f6f90c1c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: shaun Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:03:40 +0000 Subject: Add a note to pkg-message warning users about potential problems relating to default syslogd(8) behavior. PR: ports/102605 Submitted by: Jeremie Le Hen Approved by: maintainer timeout (5 weeks) --- security/denyhosts/pkg-message | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/security/denyhosts/pkg-message b/security/denyhosts/pkg-message index 2d720d8..30c4c59 100644 --- a/security/denyhosts/pkg-message +++ b/security/denyhosts/pkg-message @@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ sshd : ALL : allow 2. issue the following command if /etc/hosts.deniedssh does not exist yet touch /etc/hosts.deniedssh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Warning: + +syslogd should ideally be run with the -c option; this will ensure that +denyhosts notices multiple repeated login attempts. + +To do this, add syslogd_flags="-c" to /etc/rc.conf +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- cgit v1.1