From 891f8477ac7ccd607a1804e837e66c77e4a9e44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jordi Sanfeliu Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 12:31:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] updated man page #274 --- man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 b/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 index e549208..7b275ed 100644 --- a/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 +++ b/man/man5/monitorix.conf.5 @@ -409,6 +409,28 @@ WARNING: don't use the character colon ':' as part of your name or password sinc .P Default value: \fI/var/lib/monitorix/htpasswd\fP .RE +.P +.BI hosts_deny +.RS +This is a comma delimited set of IP addresses which will be forced to do authentication. There is the special keyword called \fIall\fP that can be used to deny all IP addresses. +.P +The access control uses the same approach as in the TCP-Wrappers; the search stops at the first match: +.P + - Access will be granted when an IP address matches an entry in the \fBhosts_allow\fP list. +.br + - Otherwise, access will be denied when an IP address matches an entry in the \fBhosts_deny\fP list. +.br + - Otherwise, access will be granted. +.P +Default value: +.RE +.P +.BI hosts_allow +.RS +This is the opposite of \fBhosts_deny\fP option. IP addresses listed here will bypass the authentication mechanism (even when it is enabled). It helps in specific cases like to avoid to have to include the auth credentials in the \fBurl_prefix\fP of the \fIemailreports\fP module. There is also the special keyword called \fIall\fP that can be used to allow access to all IP addresses. +.P +Default value: +.RE .SS Log files pathnames .BI log_file .RS