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Cyril Jaquier 20 years ago
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@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ also support others firewalls than iptables.
Installation:
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Require: python-2.2 (http://www.python.org)
Require: python-2.3 (http://www.python.org)
log4py-1.1 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/log4py)
To install, just do:
@ -62,19 +62,24 @@ Fail2Ban should now be correctly installed. Just type:
> fail2ban.py -h
to see if everything is alright.
to see if everything is alright. You can configure fail2ban
with a config file. Copy config/fail2ban.conf.default to
/etc/fail2ban.conf.
Configuration:
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For the time, there is no configuration file. You must use
commande line options instead. Here are the options:
You can configure fail2ban using the file /etc/fail2ban.conf
or using command line options. Command line options override
the value stored in fail2ban.conf. Here are the command line
options:
-b start fail2ban in background
-d start fail2ban in debug mode
-f <FILE> read password failure from FILE
-h display this help message
-i <IP(s)> IP(s) to ignore
-l <FILE> log message in FILE
-r <VALUE> allow a max of VALUE password failure
-t <TIME> ban IP for TIME seconds

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