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Old 03-29-2014
Fail2ban ERROR Unable to contact server. Is it running?

Hello, my fail2ban service is running (ps aux)

When i do:
Code:
fail2ban-client status

it returns:
Code:
ERROR  Unable to contact server. Is it running?

same message on fail2ban restart.

In /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf i see this line:
Code:
socket = /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock

but this file does not exist.

i cant find fail2ban log file in /var/log

Please how can i fix this issue?

I ended up killing the process and yum erase fail2ban then install, after that i see there is no jail:

Quote:
Fail2ban (pid 90593) is running...
Status
|- Number of jail: 0
`- Jail list:

Last edited by postcd; 03-29-2014 at 08:51 PM..
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Old 04-01-2014
Perhaps you need to configure it after installation? Category:Configuration - Fail2ban You did install as root?
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