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Hi, I have found a unique problem within Webmin version 1.480 and CSF 4.75 on Firefox 3.0.11. I had a staff member block themselves and their IP address was entered into the Firewall IP Deny list on Webmin. When I removed the entry and restarted CSF/LFD I found that it did not save my changes. It required me to manually edit the csf.deny file and remove the IP address.

I'll see if I can recreate the problem.

I'll see if I can recreate the problem. Can you confirm whether editing any of the deny or ignore files works or if they all fail?

I was unable to recreate the problem using Webmin v1.450 and csf v4.76 as I was able to successfulyl edit csf.deny through the csf Webmin UI.

I was also unable to recreate a problem using Webmin v1.480

Since upgrading to 4.76 I no longer seem to have the issue. I can add and remove IP address from the firewall DENY IPs. One interesting thing I have found is that it works fine on one server, but not on another even though they are both running the same version of webmin/csf! Each time I remove the IP address that I just added in the csf.deny file through webmin and restart, it reappears a few lines down. Is there any more information I can give you help?

Are you sure that the IP simply isn't being blocked again?

Yes positive. The user the IP address belonged to wasn't in the office that day. I just thought it was strange. Also I receive email notification when an IP address has been blocked.

Wraith86 wrote:Hi, I have found a unique problem within Webmin version 1.480 and CSF 4.75 on Firefox 3.0.11. I had a staff member block themselves and their IP address was entered into the Firewall IP Deny list on Webmin. When I removed the entry and restarted CSF/LFD I found that it did not save my changes. It required me to manually edit the csf.deny file and remove the IP address.

Sorry, chirpy, I understand this is an old thread but I've just come across this same problem myself.

I can add an IP using Quick Deny or Allow as expected, it'll write to the file.
I can edit Allow IPs list, save and restart and changes to that file take, as expected.

But, if I open csf.deny via Deny IPs button, remove a blocked IP, hit change, hit restart, and then check the csf.deny again the entry is still listed. Permission and Owner appear to be correct.

CSF v5.00 | WebMin 1.510

Does the date/time change on /etc/csf/csf.deny or does it remain the same (i.e. is it rewriting the file with the same data or does it seem to fail to update the file at all)?