Re: [cobalt-users] URGENT - Help needed

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

<johnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote
> Hi there,
> 
> Somehow or other I have been locked out of my server - PortSentry thinks 
> that it received a scan attack from my machine and promptly blocked me.
> 
> Active System Attack Alerts
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Feb 27 16:44:28 ns portsentry[758]: attackalert: SYN/Normal scan from 
> host: forestsoftware.demon.co.uk/193.237.116.216 to TCP port: 79
> Feb 27 16:44:28 ns portsentry[758]: attackalert: Host 193.237.116.216 has 
> been blocked via wrappers with string: "ALL: 193.237.116.216"
> Feb 27 16:44:28 ns portsentry[758]: attackalert: SYN/Normal scan from 
> host: forestsoftware.demon.co.uk/193.237.116.216 to TCP port: 79
> Feb 27 16:44:28 ns portsentry[758]: attackalert: Host: 
> forestsoftware.demon.co.uk/193.237.116.216 is already blocked Ignoring
> 

I did this!!! Only I had a bad line, and it blocked anybody, and everybody.
I had to remove the hard disk, 
install it on a Linux Desktop,
edit the file,
re-install in the server.
That worked!
Gerald