diff --git a/plugins/other/openssh-denyhosts b/plugins/other/openssh-denyhosts
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Plugin to monitor SSH
+#
+# Parameters understood:
+#
+# 	config   (required)
+# 	autoconf (optional)
+#
+# Made by Sven Breunig ( sven AT breunig DOT be )
+#
+
+mktempfile () {
+mktemp -t 
+}       
+
+AUTH_LOG=${logfile:-/var/log/auth.log}
+STATEFILE=/var/lib/munin/plugin-state/sshd.offset
+LOGTAIL=${logtail:-`which logtail`}
+
+if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
+        if [ -f "${AUTH_LOG}"  -a -n "${LOGTAIL}" -a -x "${LOGTAIL}" ] ; then
+		echo yes
+		exit 0
+	else
+		echo no
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
+	echo 'graph_title SSH Statistics'
+	echo 'graph_order refused invalid accepted'
+	echo 'graph_category ssh'
+	echo 'graph_vlabel Count'
+	echo 'graph_scale no'
+
+##	echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0'
+	echo 'refused.label refused'
+#	echo 'delayed.type DERIVE'
+	echo 'invalid.label invalid'
+#	echo 'passed.type DERIVE'
+	echo 'accepted.label accepted'
+#	echo 'whitelisted.type DERIVE'
+	echo 'failedpass.label Failed password'
+        exit 0
+fi
+
+
+refused=0
+invalid=0
+accepted=0
+failed=0
+
+TEMP_FILE=`mktempfile munin-sshd.XXXXXX`
+
+if [ -n "$TEMP_FILE" -a -f "$TEMP_FILE" ]
+then
+	$LOGTAIL ${AUTH_LOG} $STATEFILE | grep 'sshd' > ${TEMP_FILE}
+
+	refused=`grep -ic 'refused' ${TEMP_FILE}`
+	accepted=`grep -ic 'accepted' ${TEMP_FILE}` 
+	invalid=`grep -ic 'invalid user' ${TEMP_FILE}`
+	failed=`grep -ic 'failed password' ${TEMP_FILE}`
+
+	/bin/rm -f $TEMP_FILE
+fi
+
+echo "refused.value ${refused}"
+echo "accepted.value ${accepted}"
+echo "invalid.value ${invalid}"
+echo "failedpass.value ${failed}"