Configure Syslog Socket Path

config/fail2ban.conf

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ loglevel = INFO
 #
 logtarget = /var/log/fail2ban.log
 
+# Option: syslogsocket
+# Notes: Set the syslog socket file. Only used when logtarget is SYSLOG
+# Values: [ FILE ]  Default: /dev/log
+syslogsocket = /dev/log
+
 # Option: socket
 # Notes.: Set the socket file. This is used to communicate with the daemon. Do
 #         not remove this file when Fail2ban runs. It will not be possible to

fail2ban/client/beautifier.py

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ class Beautifier:
 						val = " ".join(res1[1]) if isinstance(res1[1], list) else res1[1]
 						msg.append("%s %s:\t%s" % (prefix1, res1[0], val))
 				msg = "\n".join(msg)
+			elif inC[1] == "syslogsocket":
+				msg = "Current syslog socket is:\n"
+				msg = msg + "`- " + response
 			elif inC[1] == "logtarget":
 				msg = "Current logging target is:\n"
 				msg = msg + "`- " + response

fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Fail2banReader(ConfigReader):
 	def getOptions(self):
 		opts = [["string", "loglevel", "INFO" ],
 				["string", "logtarget", "STDERR"],
+				["string", "syslogsocket", "/dev/log"],
 				["string", "dbfile", "/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3"],
 				["int", "dbpurgeage", 86400]]
 		self.__opts = ConfigReader.getOptions(self, "Definition", opts)
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ class Fail2banReader(ConfigReader):
 				stream.append(["set", "loglevel", self.__opts[opt]])
 			elif opt == "logtarget":
 				stream.append(["set", "logtarget", self.__opts[opt]])
+			elif opt == "syslogsocket":
+				stream.append(["set", "syslogsocket", self.__opts[opt]])
 			elif opt == "dbfile":
 				stream.append(["set", "dbfile", self.__opts[opt]])
 			elif opt == "dbpurgeage":

fail2ban/protocol.py

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ protocol = [
 ["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"], 
+["set syslogsocket <SOCKET>", "sets the syslog socket path to <SOCKET>. Only used if logtarget is SYSLOG"],
+["get syslogsocket", "gets syslog socket path"],
 ["flushlogs", "flushes the logtarget if a file and reopens it. For log rotation."], 
 ['', "DATABASE", ""],
 ["set dbfile <FILE>", "set the location of fail2ban persistent datastore. Set to \"None\" to disable"], 

fail2ban/server/server.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
 from threading import Lock, RLock
-import logging, logging.handlers, sys, os, signal
+import logging, logging.handlers, sys, os, signal, stat
 
 from .jails import Jails
 from .filter import FileFilter, JournalFilter
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ class Server:
 		self.__asyncServer = AsyncServer(self.__transm)
 		self.__logLevel = None
 		self.__logTarget = None
+		self.__syslogSocket = None
 		# Set logging level
 		self.setLogLevel("INFO")
 		self.setLogTarget("STDOUT")
-	
+		self.setSyslogSocket("/dev/log")
+
 	def __sigTERMhandler(self, signum, frame):
 		logSys.debug("Caught signal %d. Exiting" % signum)
 		self.quit()
@@ -376,7 +378,16 @@ class Server:
 				# Syslog daemons already add date to the message.
 				formatter = logging.Formatter("%(name)s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)s %(message)s")
 				facility = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.LOG_DAEMON
-				hdlr = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler("/dev/log", facility=facility)
+				if os.path.exists(self.__syslogSocket)\
+						and stat.S_ISSOCK(os.stat(
+								self.__syslogSocket).st_mode):
+					hdlr = logging.handlers.SysLogHandler(
+						self.__syslogSocket, facility=facility)
+				else:
+					logSys.error(
+						"Syslog socket file: %s does not exists"
+						" or is not a socket" % self.__syslogSocket)
+					return False
 			elif target == "STDOUT":
 				hdlr = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
 			elif target == "STDERR":
@@ -412,21 +423,44 @@ class Server:
 			logger.addHandler(hdlr)
 			# Does not display this message at startup.
 			if not self.__logTarget is None:
-				logSys.info("Changed logging target to %s for Fail2ban v%s" %
+				logSys.info(
-						(target, version.version))
+					"Changed logging target to %s for Fail2ban v%s"
+					% ((target
+						if target != "SYSLOG"
+						else "%s (%s)"
+							 % (target, self.__syslogSocket)),
+					   version.version))
 			# Sets the logging target.
 			self.__logTarget = target
 			return True
 		finally:
 			self.__loggingLock.release()
-	
+
+	##
+	# Sets the syslog socket.
+	#
+	# syslogsocket is the full path to the syslog socket
+	# @param syslogsocket the syslog socket path
+	def setSyslogSocket(self, syslogsocket):
+		self.__syslogSocket = syslogsocket
+		# Conditionally reload, logtarget depends on socket path when SYSLOG
+		return self.__logTarget != "SYSLOG"\
+			   or self.setLogTarget(self.__logTarget)
+
 	def getLogTarget(self):
 		try:
 			self.__loggingLock.acquire()
 			return self.__logTarget
 		finally:
 			self.__loggingLock.release()
-	
+
+	def getSyslogSocket(self):
+		try:
+			self.__loggingLock.acquire()
+			return self.__syslogSocket
+		finally:
+			self.__loggingLock.release()
+
 	def flushLogs(self):
 		if self.__logTarget not in ['STDERR', 'STDOUT', 'SYSLOG']:
 			for handler in getLogger("fail2ban").handlers:

fail2ban/server/transmitter.py

@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ class Transmitter:
 				return self.__server.getLogTarget()
 			else:
 				raise Exception("Failed to change log target")
+		elif name == "syslogsocket":
+			value = command[1]
+			if self.__server.setSyslogSocket(value):
+				return self.__server.getSyslogSocket()
+			else:
+				raise Exception("Failed to change syslog socket")
 		#Database
 		elif name == "dbfile":
 			self.__server.setDatabase(command[1])
@@ -264,6 +270,8 @@ class Transmitter:
 			return self.__server.getLogLevel()
 		elif name == "logtarget":
 			return self.__server.getLogTarget()
+		elif name == "syslogsocket":
+			return self.__server.getSyslogSocket()
 		#Database
 		elif name == "dbfile":
 			db = self.__server.getDatabase()

fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py

@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ class JailsReaderTest(LogCaptureTestCase):
 								'/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3'],
 							  ['set', 'dbpurgeage', 86400],
 							  ['set', 'loglevel', "INFO"],
-							  ['set', 'logtarget', '/var/log/fail2ban.log']])
+							  ['set', 'logtarget', '/var/log/fail2ban.log'],
+							  ['set', 'syslogsocket', '/dev/log']])
 
 			# and if we force change configurator's fail2ban's baseDir
 			# there should be an error message (test visually ;) --

fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py

@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ class TransmitterLogging(TransmitterBase):
 		self.server = Server()
 		self.server.setLogTarget("/dev/null")
 		self.server.setLogLevel("CRITICAL")
+		self.server.setSyslogSocket("/dev/log")
 		super(TransmitterLogging, self).setUp()
 
 	def testLogTarget(self):
@@ -768,6 +769,16 @@ class TransmitterLogging(TransmitterBase):
 			return
 		self.setGetTest("logtarget", "SYSLOG")
 
+	def testSyslogSocket(self):
+		self.setGetTest("syslogsocket", "/dev/log/NEW/PATH")
+
+	def testSyslogSocketNOK(self):
+		self.setGetTest("syslogsocket", "/this/path/should/not/exist")
+		self.setGetTestNOK("logtarget", "SYSLOG")
+		# set back for other tests
+		self.setGetTest("syslogsocket", "/dev/log")
+		self.setGetTest("logtarget", "SYSLOG")
+
 	def testLogLevel(self):
 		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "HEAVYDEBUG")
 		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "DEBUG")