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    Denyhosts on pfsense 1.2.2

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    • E Offline
      emike
      last edited by

      I installed the denyhosts package earlier today and noticed it was not starting up. I went to the command line and noted the following:

      /usr/local/etc/rc.d/denyhosts.sh start

      /usr/local/etc/rc.d/denyhosts.sh: /usr/local/bin/python2.5: not found

      I checked via "find / -name "python*" and noted that it was not installed at all.

      I then tried:

      pkg_add -r python

      Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.0-release/Latest/python.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
      pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.0-release/Latest/python.tbz' by URL

      Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

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        emike
        last edited by

        60 views and no responses. Do I assume no one else is having this problem or is there just no solution at the moment. Perhaps I'll file a bug report.

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          Davc
          last edited by

          ok..i voice out. I do not have any issues on both of my pfsense box(s) 1.2.3-RC2 & 1.2.3-RC1

          Everyday, it get update fine. It started work since I first installed.

          Sorry to hear your problems. How about de-install again. Good luck

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            emike
            last edited by

            @Davc:

            ok..i voice out. I do not have any issues on both of my pfsense box(s) 1.2.3-RC2 & 1.2.3-RC1

            Everyday, it get update fine. It started work since I first installed.

            Sorry to hear your problems. How about de-install again. Good luck

            I uninstalled and reinstalled with no luck. Thanks for responding. I opened up a bug report on this.

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              Davc
              last edited by

              Dear Emike,

              Just wonder..if unable to fetch and get the "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7.0-release/Latest/python.tbz"

              It looks like either DNS unable to resolved ftp.freebsd.org (check port 53 open), also your ftp rules.

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                cybrsrfr
                last edited by

                The denyhosts freebsd package uses python and so that is essential.

                Try this:

                cd /tmp/
                fetch http://files.pfsense.com/packages/lang/python25-2.5_1.tbz
                pkg_add python25-2.5_1.tbz

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                  cybrsrfr
                  last edited by

                  If you are having problems with the install for denyhosts then please uninstall the package and then reinstall it.

                  I changed the location of the denyhosts package install to pull it from file.pfsense.com and it should then pull the python package from there as well. I believe this will fix the package.

                  Best Regards,

                  mcrane

                  P.S. sorry it took me a while to notice the forum message.

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                    BrianBonnell
                    last edited by

                    This is still not fixed. I have uninstalled twice and reinstalled. Still will not start with this error:

                    /usr/local/etc/rc.d/denyhosts.sh start

                    /usr/local/etc/rc.d/denyhosts.sh: /usr/local/bin/python2.5: not found

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                      cybrsrfr
                      last edited by

                      Is another version of python installed. From the console or diagnostics -> command run:

                      ps -waux | grep python

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                        cybrsrfr
                        last edited by

                        try this from the console:

                        pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.com/packages/security/denyhosts-2.5.tbz

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                          BrianBonnell
                          last edited by

                          There is no python installed.

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                            cybrsrfr
                            last edited by

                            Try this.
                            pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.com/packages/lang/python25-2.5_1.tbz

                            or

                            cd /tmp/
                            fetch http://files.pfsense.com/packages/lang/python25-2.5_1.tbz
                            pkg_add -r python25-2.5_1.tbz

                            or

                            pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.com/packages/security/denyhosts-2.5.tbz

                            All of these methods should install python on your system.

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                              gsgleason
                              last edited by

                              I found this topic after having the same issue on a fresh 1.2.2 install.  I updated to 1.2.3 RC3 with the same result.  There is no python2.5 installed, but there is python 2.4.

                              Whether I make a symlink of python2.4 called 2.5 or I fetch and install it, there are still a ton of unmet dependencies.  I kept symlinking libraries and eventually it just wouldn't work at all.

                              The dependencies are all newer than what's installed.  Should I be using a snapshot of pfsense instead of the 1.2.x branch?

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                                newmember
                                last edited by

                                I am not getting any love from this denyhost package on this firewall.  I have it working on other pfsense firewalls.  My bigger concern is why this package would work on one PF firewall and not on the other PF firewall, they are the same 1.2.3 release?

                                Did this:
                                pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.com/packages/lang/python25-2.5_1.tbz

                                /usr/local/etc/rc.d/denyhosts.sh start

                                /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libutil.so.5" not found, required by "python2.5"

                                Current:

                                pkg_info

                                bsdinstaller-2.0.2009.0422 BSD Installer mega-package
                                denyhosts-2.5      Script to thwart ssh attacks
                                grub-0.97_1        GRand Unified Bootloader
                                libosip-3.1.0      A low layer of SIP implementation
                                python24-2.4.3_3    An interpreted object-oriented programming language
                                python25-2.5_1      An interpreted object-oriented programming language
                                python26-2.6.4      An interpreted object-oriented programming language

                                The firewall in my lab works with the following packages installed:

                                $ pkg_info
                                darkstat-3.0.708    Network statistics gatherer and reporter
                                denyhosts-2.5      Script to thwart ssh attacks
                                gettext-0.17_1      GNU gettext package
                                python24-2.4.3_3    An interpreted object-oriented programming language
                                smtpd-2.0_4        Obtuse smtpd/smtpfwdd, part of the Juniper firewall toolkit
                                spamd-4.1.2        Traps spammers with a very slow smtp-login and return 4xx e

                                Both firewalls have the same release:

                                uname -r

                                7.2-RELEASE-p5

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                                  BrianBonnell
                                  last edited by

                                  I've upgraded to 1.2.3-Release, SAME issues still.

                                  I've run:

                                  Try this.
                                  pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.com/packages/lang/python25-2.5_1.tbz

                                  or

                                  cd /tmp/
                                  fetch http://files.pfsense.com/packages/lang/python25-2.5_1.tbz
                                  pkg_add -r python25-2.5_1.tbz

                                  or

                                  pkg_add -r http://files.pfsense.com/packages/security/denyhosts-2.5.tbz

                                  All i get is "No such host or file" then it aborts. I am able to ping files.pfsense.com, so it is out there….at this point I have given up and removed it. I'll try a few things on my "lab" pf box..this way I won't foo-bar my production environment like I have already fuddleing with this package.

                                  I'll still take suggestions on a solution...I'll just run it on the lab box instead....:)

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                                    Roodawakening
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                                    I reported this same problem here: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,21420.msg109904.html#msg109904

                                    What's interesting is the program crashed on its own. It's been running since February (almost a year) without a single problem and now it's dead. I've uninstalled it, reinstalled it various ways and it will not start. I have no idea what caused it to shut down. The only package I toyed with was updating to the last snort-dev earlier this week. Don't know if it's related or not.

                                    "The descent to hell is easy. The gates stand open day and night. But to reclimb the slope and escape to the upper air: This is labor."
                                    –Virgil, Aeneid, Book 6

                                    Rob

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                                      Roodawakening
                                      last edited by

                                      Any ideas as to why I can no longer get denyhosts to start?

                                      "The descent to hell is easy. The gates stand open day and night. But to reclimb the slope and escape to the upper air: This is labor."
                                      –Virgil, Aeneid, Book 6

                                      Rob

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