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Merge branch 'debian' into debian-release 

* debian:
  Added a note on diverting logrotate configuration for custom logtarget=SYSLOG (Closes: #631917)
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Yaroslav Halchenko 2011-07-28 23:20:39 -04:00
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@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ fail2ban. For this reason there is examples/ipmasq-ZZZzzz|fail2ban.rul file is
shipped along to be installed under name ZZZzzz|fail2ban.rul within
/etc/ipmasq.
* Interaction with logrotate with custom logtarget
Comment to #631917
if you use an alternative logtarget (e.g. SYSLOG) thus not using
/var/log/fail2ban.log you should divert logrotate configuration into
a disabled state, e.g.
sudo dpkg-divert --rename --divert \
/etc/logrotate.d/fail2ban.disabled /etc/logrotate.d/fail2ban
Troubleshooting:
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@ -221,4 +231,4 @@ P.S. Anyone is welcome to recommend proper security solution to this
issue, such as an alternative to sysklogd which allows better control
over users logging to specific facilities (such as AUTH)
-- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>, Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:18:39 -0500
-- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>, Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:19:44 -0400