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DOC: Fix jail.conf(5) man page which had duplicate {fail,ignore}regex

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Steven Hiscocks 2014-04-03 18:41:40 +01:00
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@ -297,12 +297,12 @@ There are two filter definitions used in the [Definition] section:
.TP
.B failregex
is the regex (\fBreg\fRular \fBex\fRpression) that will match failed attempts. The tag \fI<HOST>\fR is used as part of the regex and is itself a regex
for IPv4 addresses and hostnames. fail2ban will work out which one of these it actually is.
for IPv4 addresses (and hostnames if \fBusedns\fR). Fail2Ban will work out which one of these it actually is.
For multiline regexs the tag \fI<SKIPLINES>\fR should be used to separate lines. This allows lines between the matched lines to continue to be searched for other failures. The tag can be used multiple times.
.TP
.B ignoreregex
is the regex to identify log entries that should be ignored by fail2ban, even if they match failregex.
is the regex to identify log entries that should be ignored by Fail2Ban, even if they match failregex.
.PP
@ -331,13 +331,6 @@ indicates that this file is read before the [Definition] section.
\fBafter\fR
indicates that this file is read after the [Definition] section.
.B failregex
regex that will match failed attempts. The tag <HOST> is used as part of the regex and is itself a regex
for IPv4 addresses (and hostnames if \fBusedns\fR). Fail2Ban will work out which one of these it actually is.
.TP
.B ignoreregex
regex to identify log entries that should be ignored by Fail2Ban, even if they match failregex.
.SH AUTHOR
Fail2ban was originally written by Cyril Jaquier <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>.
At the moment it is maintained and further developed by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>, Daniel Black <daniel.subs@internode.on.net> and Steven Hiscocks <steven-fail2ban@hiscocks.me.uk> along with a number of contributors. See \fBTHANKS\fR file shipped with Fail2Ban for a full list.