I went and got myself blocked - help please!

[qbacca]

I'm a CPanel newbie, so be nice...

I know that there is a command, /usr/sbin/killroute that adds an IP address to some sort of &ignore& list.

Well, somehow I have managed to get myself placed on that ignore list. I have broadband with a static IP, so I can't just renew my IP address.

Where is this &ignore& list, and how do I get my IP address off of it??? Currently I do not have any access to my own webserver

Thanks!

[feanor]

/scripts/unblockip

[qbacca]

I just ran /scripts/unblockip, and I get:

What ip do you want to unblock? XX.XXX.XXX.XXX
SIOCDELRT: No such process

Any other ideas or suggestions?

[feanor]

what's in /etc/hosts.deny ?
Your IP?

[qbacca]

Other than a commented out message, hosts.deny is empty.

I really appreciate your taking the time to help me... any other suggestions?

Marc

[feanor]

How are you deeming yourself &blacklisted& or &blocked& ?

Can you connect to any service at all, on your machine?
If not there is definitely something in the routing table on your server that is blocking you completely.

[qbacca]

I cannot connect in any way shape or form - I have tried ping, tracert, http, ssh, pop, smtp... I always get host not found, or host not available. For tracert, the last hop that is shown is the router right before the server.

I don't think the router is the problem, as I can connect to other servers behind the same router.

If I go to anonymizer.com I can get in to the server via http... my dialup allows me to connect, my partner can connect, and the various tracert tools around the internet can all connect...

Thanks,
Marc

[Mat]

You might check ipchains...


ipchains -L

If your listed in the input... You can flush it by:

ipchains -F input

[jdatwood]

That was tried 2 days ago. Not the prob unfortunately

[kwimberl]

take a look in /var/portsentry

[jdatwood]

I can't find
/var/portsentry

It's not listed....

I was able to find
/var/log/portsentry

If I find the IP in one of these logs, how can I unban the IP via portsentry?

[kwimberl]

/var/portsentry is a directory. cd to it and it should be obvious from there.

[jdatwood]

It might be on your server, but it's not on ours. Here is a list of my /var DIR

root@draco [/var]# dir
./ autoinstall.tgz ftp/ lock/ nis/ run/ webmin/
../ cache/ kerberos/ log/ opt/ spool/ www/
arpwatch/ cpanel/ lib/ mail@ preserve/ tmp/
autoinstall/ db/ local/ named/ proftpd.pid tux/
root@draco [/var]#

[qbacca]

We definately do not have a /var/portsentry directory:

root@draco [/]# cd /var/portsentry
bash: cd: /var/portsentry: No such file or directory

If it's supposed to be there, could that be the problem? Would an uninstall and reinstall of Cpanel help? (I'm a Windoze guy, so that's how my brain works ;-)


(jdatwood and I are together, btw)

[kwimberl]

Go to your root dir and do:

locate portsentry