Error message with "denyhosts"

[Gerard]

I just installed 'denyhosts' on a FBSD-6.2 machine. I thought I had followed
the directions correctly, however, I continually see an  error message popping
up on the screen. This is a line fro the /var/log/auth.log file.


Dec  9 10:56:01 scorpio sshd[1477]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 1: missing ":" separator

This is the top of my /stc/hosts file:


/sshd
#
# hosts.allow access control file for "tcp wrapped" applications.
# $FreeBSD: src/etc/hosts.allow,v 1.19.8.1 2006/02/19 14:57:01 ume Exp $
#
# NOTE: The hosts.deny file is deprecated.
#       Place both 'allow' and 'deny' rules in the hosts.allow file.
#	See hosts_options(5) for the format of this file.
#	hosts_access(5) no longer fully applies.

#	 _____                                      _          _
#	| ____| __  __   __ _   _ __ ___    _ __   | |   ___  | |
#	|  _|   \ \/ /  / _` | | '_ ` _ \  | '_ \  | |  / _ \ | |
#	| |___   >  <  | (_| | | | | | | | | |_) | | | |  __/ |_|
#	|_____| /_/\_\  \__,_| |_| |_| |_| | .__/  |_|  \___| (_)
#					   |_|
# !!! This is an example! You will need to modify it for your specific
# !!! requirements!


# Start by allowing everything (this prevents the rest of the file
# from working, so remove it when you need protection).
# The rules here work on a "First match wins" basis.

sshd : /etc/hosts.deniedssh : deny
sshd : ALL : allow
ALL : ALL : allow


All I added were the two lines preceding "ALL : ALL : allow". What could be
causing this problem? I don't seem to be missing any ":"  separators.


Thanks!


-- 
Gerard