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3. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands:
 
3. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands:
 
<br><code>signal-event post-upgrade and signal-event reboot</code>
 
<br><code>signal-event post-upgrade and signal-event reboot</code>
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'''it is recommended to do so  !'''
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<br>but you can skip that using
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4. Open your webbrowser and go to the server-manager.  
 
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You should go to it and configure all necessary allowed host before enabling the service
 
You should go to it and configure all necessary allowed host before enabling the service
 
5. to finish you should do
 
 
signal-event post-upgrade and signal-event reboot
 
 
or you might avoid it, unless it is NOT RECOMMENDED by doing this:
 
 
signal-event conf-denyhosts
 
  
  
Alternatively you can use the server-manager panel "Software installer" to add a new package and select smeserver-denyhosts, instead of steps 1 to 3, then refresh  your browser and configure denyhosts, before doing the post-upgrade and reboot job in the panel "Reboot or shutdown"
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Alternatively you can use the server-manager panel "Software installer" to add a new package and select smeserver-denyhosts (repo smecontribs must be enabled) then do the reconfiguration and reboot task, instead of steps 1 to 3, then refresh  your browser and configure denyhosts,.
  
  

Revision as of 04:08, 24 April 2008


Denyhosts SSH for SME7

Maintainer

Unnilennium aka Jean-Philippe PIALASSE (Contrib)

Description

  • Denyhosts bans hosts which failed too many login attempts to your ssh deamon.
  • It contains also a panel in the server manager to see who is blocked, add some allowed hosts not to block and enable or disable the service.


it needs the packages smeserver-denyhosts and denyhosts

Installation

1. Log in (with username root) to the SMEserver console.

2. Install smeserver-denyhosts

yum install smeserver-denyhosts --enablerepo=smecontribs

You will get a y/N-question, answer y if it looks fine.

3. Instructions at the end of previous installation advices the following commands:
signal-event post-upgrade and signal-event reboot

it is recommended to do so !


but you can skip that using /etc/e-smith/events/actions/navigation-conf

4. Open your webbrowser and go to the server-manager.
Under "Security" there should be a new line named "SSH Denyhosts".

You should go to it and configure all necessary allowed host before enabling the service


Alternatively you can use the server-manager panel "Software installer" to add a new package and select smeserver-denyhosts (repo smecontribs must be enabled) then do the reconfiguration and reboot task, instead of steps 1 to 3, then refresh your browser and configure denyhosts,.


Uninstall

yum remove smeserver-denyhosts denyhosts

or alternatively just remove them from the server-manager "Software installer"

Additional information

you can change the destination email account, instead of the default admin account, for this contribs using :

config setprop denyhosts AdminEmail youremail@yourdomaine.tld
signal-event conf-denyhosts


Check installed version

yum info installed smeserver-denyhosts