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Failed to load blockfile

Tue, 2007–Apr–03

Hello,

I set up blockhosts (version 2.0.2-1.noarch.rpm) on my test server running on Mandriva 07. I have the following /etc/blockhosts.cfg file:
HOSTS_BLOCKFILE = "/etc/hosts.allow"
LOGFILES = [ "/var/log/auth.log", ]
COUNT_THRESHOLD = 3
AGE_THRESHOLD = 720

But when I run blockhosts.py this is what I get:
FATAL ERROR: Failed to load blockfile - block-file marker error
Expected two marker lines in the file, somewhere in the middle of the file:
#---- BlockHosts Additions
#---- BlockHosts Additions

Here is the same erroe if I run it as

[adminxpt@ptxblackserv etc]# blockhosts.py -v
blockhosts 2.0.2 started: 2007-04-03 12:19:18 EDT
... load blockfile: /etc/hosts.allow
FATAL ERROR: Failed to load blockfile - block-file marker error
Expected two marker lines in the file, somewhere in the middle of the file:
#---- BlockHosts Additions
#---- BlockHosts Additions

Thanks for any help

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Tue, 2007-04-03 12:57 — ac

/etc/hosts.allow configured?

Is the /etc/hosts.allow file configured correctly? Look at the INSTALL file, which contains complete documentation on how to enable BlockHosts - there are also some articles on the web with detailed steps for various distributions.

Wed, 2007-04-04 18:10 — Anonymous (not verified)

You need to add the #----

You need to add the #---- BlockHosts Additions to your /etc/hosts.allow (or .deny) files so blockhosts.py can insert the modifications.