From d30cfd209598a7cb879f0b2958832659bf5ec8e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cyril Jaquier <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:38:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] - subprocess.call deadlocks when execute action with
 multi-jails

git-svn-id: https://fail2ban.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fail2ban/trunk@380 a942ae1a-1317-0410-a47c-b1dcaea8d605
---
 server/action.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/action.py b/server/action.py
index 736163d9..6d10c3df 100644
--- a/server/action.py
+++ b/server/action.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-import time, logging
+import time, logging, os
 from subprocess import call
 
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ class Action:
 	def executeCmd(realCmd):
 		logSys.debug(realCmd)
 		try:
-			retcode = call(realCmd, shell=True)
+			# The following line gives deadlock with multiple jails
+			#retcode = call(realCmd, shell=True)
+			retcode = os.system(realCmd)
 			if retcode < 0:
 				logSys.error("%s returned %x" % (realCmd, -retcode))
 			else: