How To Delete/Remove Blocked IP From DenyHosts

1. First you need to stop Denyhosts service, by following command.

[root@geopc ~]# /etc/init.d/denyhosts stop

2. Next open file /etc/hosts.deny with below command.

[root@geopc ~]# vi /etc/hosts.deny

3. Delete blocked IP address, then save and close above file.

4. Now go to directory called /usr/share/denyhosts/data or /var/lib/denyhosts/

[root@geopc ~]# cd /usr/share/denyhosts/data

5. Next you need to delete blocked IP from all below following files with help of vi editor.

[root@geopc ~]# vi hosts
[root@geopc ~]# vi hosts-restricted
[root@geopc ~]# vi hosts-root
[root@geopc ~]# vi hosts-valid
[root@geopc ~]# vi users-hosts

6. Once you removed your blocked IP from all above files, then start Denyhosts service.

[root@geopc data]# /etc/init.d/denyhosts start