root@Ubuntu:/usr/share/denyhosts# gedit daemon-control

(in the file)

DENYHOSTS_BIN   = "/usr/bin/denyhosts.py"
DENYHOSTS_LOCK  = "/var/lock/subsys/denyhosts"
DENYHOSTS_CFG   = "/usr/share/denyhosts/denyhosts.cfg"
PYTHON_BIN      = "/usr/bin/env python"

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root@Ubuntu:/usr/share/denyhosts# ls
CHANGELOG.txt  daemon-control-dist  denyhosts.cfg  denyhosts.cfg-dist  LICENSE.txt  plugins  README.txt  scripts  setup.py

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root@Ubuntu:/etc/init.d# ln -s /usr/share/denyhosts/daemon-control denyhosts

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root@Ubuntu:/etc/init.d# denyhosts.py start
Error reading file: denyhosts.cfg
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'denyhosts.cfg'

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root@Ubuntu:/usr/share/denyhosts# /usr/share/denyhosts/daemon-control start
starting DenyHosts:    /usr/bin/env python /usr/bin/denyhosts.py --daemon --config=/usr/share/denyhosts/denyhosts.cfg
Can't read: /private/var/log/system.log
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/private/var/log/system.log'
Error deleting DenyHosts lock file: /var/lock/subsys/denyhosts
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lock/subsys/denyhosts'

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root@Ubuntu:~# python /usr/bin/denyhosts.py -c /usr/share/denyhosts/denyhosts.cfg
Can't read: /private/var/log/system.log
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/private/var/log/system.log'
Error deleting DenyHosts lock file: /var/lock/subsys/denyhosts
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lock/subsys/denyhosts'