Sure, you set the HOSTS_DENY option to /dev/null or any other file 
(/tmp/denied, etc) in your denyhosts.cfg file.  The default value is 
/etc/hosts.deny.

Phil

On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, George Cebulka wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if it is possible and if how, I would put denyhosts
> into audit mode?
> What I would like to do is run denyhosts and have it go through the
> motions of blocking IP's and users without it actually changing the
> /etc/hosts.deny file. I would like to run this way for testing,
> debugging and monitoring purposes.
>
> Thanks,
>
>

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