FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1) User Commands FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)
NAME
fail2ban-server - start the server
SYNOPSIS
fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.8.2 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
Only use this command for debugging purpose. Start the server with fail2ban-client instead. The default behaviour is to start the server in
background.
OPTIONS
-b start in background
-f start in foreground
-s <FILE>
socket path
-x force execution of the server (remove socket file)
-h, --help
display this help message
-V, --version
print the version
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-client(1)
fail2ban-server v0.8.2 March 2008 FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)