NAME
fail2ban-server - start the server
SYNOPSIS
fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.11.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
OPTIONS
-c, --conf <DIR>
configuration directory
-s, --socket <FILE>
socket path
-p, --pidfile <FILE>
pidfile path
--pname <NAME>
name of the process (main thread) to identify instance (default fail2ban-server)
--loglevel <LEVEL>
logging level
--logtarget <TARGET>
logging target, use file-name or stdout, stderr, syslog or sysout.
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-d |
dump configuration. For debugging
--dp, --dump-pretty
dump the configuration using more human readable representation
-t, --test
test configuration (can be also specified with start parameters)
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-i |
interactive mode |
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-v |
increase verbosity |
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-q |
decrease verbosity |
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-x |
force execution of the server (remove socket file) |
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-b |
start server in background (default) |
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-f |
start server in foreground |
--async
start server in async mode (for internal usage only, don’t read configuration)
--timeout
timeout to wait for the server (for internal usage only, don’t read configuration)
--str2sec <STRING>
convert time abbreviation format to seconds
-h, --help
display this help message
-V, --version
print the version (-V returns machine-readable short format)
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs via Debian bug tracking system http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ .