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DOC: Update man page for <SKIPLINES> usage

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Steven Hiscocks 2013-05-27 22:07:30 +01:00
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@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ There are two filter definitions used in the [Definition] section:
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\fBfailregex\fR
is the regex (\fBreg\fRular \fBex\fRpression) that will match failed attempts. The tag <HOST> is used as part of the regex and is itself a regex
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 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.
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\fBignoreregex\fR