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.TH FAIL2BAN-CLIENT "1" "November 2006" "fail2ban-client v0.7.4" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fail2ban-client \- configure and control the server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fail2ban-client
[\fIOPTIONS\fR]... \fI<COMMAND>\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.7.4 reads log file that contains password failure report
and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR <DIR>
configuration directory
.TP
\fB\-s\fR <FILE>
socket path
.TP
\fB\-d\fR
dump configuration. For debugging
.TP
\fB\-i\fR
interactive mode
.TP
\fB\-v\fR
increase verbosity
.TP
\fB\-q\fR
decrease verbosity
.TP
\fB\-x\fR
force execution of the server
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print the version
.SH COMMAND
.TP
start
start the server and the jails
.TP
reload
reload the configuration
.TP
stop
stop all jails and terminate the server
.TP
status
get the current status
.TP
set loglevel <LEVEL>
set loglevel to <LEVEL>
.TP
get loglevel
get loglevel
.TP
set logtarget <TARGET>
set log target to <TARGET>
.TP
get logtarget
get log target
.TP
add <JAIL> [BACKEND]
create <JAIL> using [BACKEND]
.TP
set <JAIL> <CMD>
set the <CMD> value for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> <CMD>
get the <CMD> value for <JAIL>
.TP
start <JAIL>
start <JAIL>
.TP
stop <JAIL>
stop <JAIL>. The jail is removed
.TP
status <JAIL>
get the current status of <JAIL>
.SH FILES
\fI/etc/fail2ban/*\fR
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Cyril Jaquier <lostcontrol@users.sourceforge.net>.
Many contributions by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <lostcontrol@users.sourceforge.net>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004-2006 Cyril Jaquier
.br
Copyright of modifications held by their respective authors.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.br 
fail2ban-server(1)