From: Neowulf <neowulf@...>
Date: 2005-12-23T22:17:50+09:00
Subject: Quick Regex Query

Hi all,

Really quick one for the regex gurus...

Anyone know of a regex string which will extract out the stuff between
"from" and "not" without the spaces between?

User root from toronto-hs-216-138-233-211.s-ip.magma.ca not allowed
because not listed in AllowUsers

I've found something which *almost* does the job...

\bfrom\W+(?:\w+\W+){1,6}not\b

This is limited however, as I can't know for certain how many "words"
will make up the hostname.

I've got a non-regex solution already, but you don't want to know how
that one works...

.... something to do with using split and relying on the fact that the
host name field always end up at the same index.

Seems more than a little clunky.

Any advise appreciated.

Cheers

~Neowulf