From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 4 10:58:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0641316A4E7 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:58:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0686F43D49 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 10:58:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([70.39.69.56]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20060704105820.IVNX8020.mta10.adelphia.net@barbish>; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 06:58:20 -0400 From: "fbsd" To: "Marwan Sultan" , Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 06:58:16 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: sshd/mysql errors. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:58:24 -0000 First thoughts is you are under attack and hosts.allow is doing it's job of denying access. Add the ip address from the warning message to your firewall to stop those attack packets from entering your system. Good chance attack packets are spoofed. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Marwan Sultan Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 6:40 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sshd/mysql errors. Hello gurus, my logs full of hundreds of these lines..i starts since few days and up to day .. --------- Jul 2 00:00:03 server mysqld[28598]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 25: can't verify hostname: getaddrinfo(host73.hostname_net, AF_INET) failed Jul 2 00:00:27 server sshd[83738]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 25: can't verify hostname: getaddrinfo(host73.hostname_net, AF_INET) failed ---------- Where hostname_net is the former ISP name for the my server hosting ISP. but i have the same DNS and routings, the name is changed since almost 1 year and few months. Also line 25 had nothing to do with this hostname its just the first active line in my hosts.allow file anyhow i have replaced the line to: ALL : .hostname_net : allow But still same errors everyday every minute! anyadvise please? Its FreeBSD 4.8R thank you Marwan _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"