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authorshaun <shaun@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-08 01:03:40 +0800
committershaun <shaun@FreeBSD.org>2006-10-08 01:03:40 +0800
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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 <jeremie@le-hen.org> Approved by: maintainer timeout (5 weeks)
Diffstat (limited to 'security')
-rw-r--r--security/denyhosts/pkg-message7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/denyhosts/pkg-message b/security/denyhosts/pkg-message
index 2d720d859820..30c4c595caee 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
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------