FAIL2BAN-CLIENT(1)						   User Commands						FAIL2BAN-CLIENT(1)

NAME

       fail2ban-client - configure and control the server

SYNOPSIS

       fail2ban-client [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

DESCRIPTION

       Fail2Ban v0.8.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.

OPTIONS

       -c <DIR>
	      configuration directory

       -s <FILE>
	      socket path

       -d     dump configuration. For debugging

       -i     interactive mode

       -v     increase verbosity

       -q     decrease verbosity

       -x     force execution of the server (remove socket file)

       -h, --help
	      display this help message

       -V, --version
	      print the version

COMMAND

	      BASIC

       start  starts the server and the jails

       reload reloads the configuration

       reload <JAIL>
	      reloads the jail <JAIL>

       stop   stops all jails and terminate the server

       status gets the current status of the server

       ping   tests if the server is alive

	      LOGGING

       set loglevel <LEVEL>
	      sets logging level to <LEVEL>. 0 is minimal, 4 is debug

       get loglevel
	      gets the logging level

       set logtarget <TARGET>
	      sets logging target to <TARGET>.	Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG or a file

       get logtarget
	      gets logging target

	      JAIL CONTROL

       add <JAIL> <BACKEND>
	      creates <JAIL> using <BACKEND>

       start <JAIL>
	      starts the jail <JAIL>

       stop <JAIL>
	      stops the jail <JAIL>. The jail is removed

       status <JAIL>
	      gets the current status of <JAIL>

	      JAIL CONFIGURATION

       set <JAIL> idle on|off
	      sets the idle state of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addignoreip <IP>
	      adds <IP> to the ignore list of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delignoreip <IP>
	      removes <IP> from the ignore list of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addlogpath <FILE>
	      adds <FILE> to the monitoring list of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> dellogpath <FILE>
	      removes <FILE> to the monitoring list of <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addfailregex <REGEX>
	      adds the regular expression <REGEX> which must match failures for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delfailregex <INDEX>
	      removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for failregex

       set <JAIL> addignoreregex <REGEX>
	      adds the regular expression <REGEX> which should match pattern to exclude for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delignoreregex <INDEX>
	      removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for ignoreregex

       set <JAIL> findtime <TIME>
	      sets the number of seconds <TIME> for which the filter will look back for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> bantime <TIME>
	      sets the number of seconds <TIME> a host will be banned for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY>
	      sets the number of failures <RETRY> before banning the host for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> addaction <ACT>
	      adds a new action named <NAME> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delaction <ACT>
	      removes the action <NAME> from <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> setcinfo <ACT> <KEY> <VALUE>
	      sets <VALUE> for <KEY> of the action <NAME> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> delcinfo <ACT> <KEY>
	      removes <KEY> for the action <NAME> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> <CMD>
	      sets the start command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> <CMD>
	      sets the stop command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> <CMD>
	      sets the check command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> actionban <ACT> <CMD>
	      sets the ban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       set <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> <CMD>
	      sets the unban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

	      JAIL INFORMATION

       get <JAIL> logpath
	      gets the list of the monitored files for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> ignoreip
	      gets the list of ignored IP addresses for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> timeregex
	      gets the regular expression used for the time detection for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> timepattern
	      gets the pattern used for the time detection for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> failregex
	      gets the list of regular expressions which matches the failures for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> ignoreregex
	      gets the list of regular expressions which matches patterns to ignore for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> findtime
	      gets the time for which the filter will look back for failures for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> bantime
	      gets the time a host is banned for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> maxretry
	      gets the number of failures allowed for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> addaction
	      gets the last action which has been added for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> actionstart <ACT>
	      gets the start command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> actionstop <ACT>
	      gets the stop command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT>
	      gets the check command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> actionban <ACT>
	      gets the ban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

       get <JAIL> actionunban <ACT>
	      gets the unban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

FILES

       /etc/fail2ban/*

AUTHOR

       Written by Cyril Jaquier <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>.  Many contributions by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Please report bugs via Debian bug tracking system http://www.debian.org/Bugs/.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Cyril Jaquier
       Copyright of modifications held by their respective authors.  Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL).

SEE ALSO

       fail2ban-server(1)

fail2ban-client v0.8.2						    March 2008							FAIL2BAN-CLIENT(1)