denyhosts keeps adding back my IP

Question

I am trying to unblock an IP from which I was doing some tests. I have followed the tutorials on the net:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/denyhosts stop
$ sudo vim /etc/deny.         


        

Answer 1

This worked for me on Centos. Follow the 8 steps below and you should be good to go.

1. Stop DenyHosts

   # services denyhosts stop

2. Remove the IP address from /etc/hosts.deny

3. Edit /var/lib/denyhosts/hosts and remove the lines containing the IP address. Save the file.

4. Edit /var/lib/denyhosts/hosts-restricted and remove the lines containing the IP address. Save the file.

5. Edit /var/lib/denyhosts/hosts-root and remove the lines containing the IP address. Save the file.

6. Edit /var/lib/denyhosts/hosts-valid and remove the lines containing the IP address. Save the file.

7. Edit /var/lib/denyhosts/users-hosts and remove the lines containing the IP address. Save the file.

(optional) Consider adding the IP address to /var/lib/denyhosts/allowed-hosts

8. Start DenyHosts

   # services denyhosts start