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.TH FAIL2BAN-CLIENT "1" "November 2006" "fail2ban-client v0.7.4-SVN" "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\-SVN 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
starts the server and the jails
.TP
reload
reloads the configuration
.TP
stop
stops all jails and terminate the
server
.TP
status
gets the current status of the
server
.TP
ping
tests if the server is alive
.TP
set loglevel <LEVEL>
sets logging level to <LEVEL>. 0
is minimal, 4 is debug
.TP
get loglevel
gets the logging level
.TP
set logtarget <TARGET>
sets logging target to <TARGET>.
Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG or a
file
.TP
get logtarget
gets logging target
.TP
add <JAIL> <BACKEND>
creates <JAIL> using <BACKEND>
.TP
set <JAIL> idle on|off
sets the idle state of <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> addignoreip <IP>
adds <IP> to the ignore list of
<JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> delignoreip <IP>
removes <IP> from the ignore list
of <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> addlogpath <FILE>
adds <FILE> to the monitoring list
of <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> dellogpath <FILE>
removes <FILE> to the monitoring
list of <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> timeregex <REGEX>
sets the regular expression
<REGEX> to match the date format
for <JAIL>. This will disable the
autodetection feature.
.TP
set <JAIL> timepattern <PATTERN>
sets the pattern <PATTERN> to
match the date format for <JAIL>.
This will disable the
autodetection feature.
.TP
set <JAIL> failregex <REGEX>
sets the regular expression
<REGEX> which must match failures
for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> ignoreregex <REGEX>
sets the regular expression
<REGEX> which should match pattern
to exclude for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> maxtime <TIME>
sets the number of seconds <TIME>
a failure stay in the list for
<JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> findtime <TIME>
sets the number of seconds <TIME>
for which the filter will look
back for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> bantime <TIME>
sets the number of seconds <TIME>
a host will be banned for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY>
sets the number of failures
<RETRY> before banning the host
for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> addaction <ACT>
adds a new action named <NAME> for
<JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> delaction <ACT>
removes the action <NAME> from
<JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> setcinfo <ACT> <KEY> <VALUE>
sets <VALUE> for <KEY> of the
action <NAME> for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> delcinfo <ACT> <KEY>
removes <KEY> for the action
<NAME> for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> <CMD>
sets the start command <CMD> of
the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> <CMD>
sets the stop command <CMD> of the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> <CMD>
sets the check command <CMD> of
the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> actionban <ACT> <CMD>
sets the ban command <CMD> of the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
set <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> <CMD>
sets the unban command <CMD> of
the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> <CMD>
gets the <CMD> value for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> logpath
gets the list of the monitored
files for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> ignoreip
gets the list of ignored IP
addresses for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> timeregex
gets the regular expression used
for the time detection for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> timepattern
gets the pattern used for the time
detection for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> failregex
gets the regular expression which
matches the failures for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> ignoreregex
gets the regular expression which
matches patterns to ignore for
<JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> maxtime
gets the time a failure stays in
the list for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> findtime
gets the time for which the filter
will look back for failures for
<JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> bantime
gets the time a host is banned for
<JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> maxretry
gets the number of failures
allowed for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> addaction
gets the last action which has
been added for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> actionstart <ACT>
gets the start command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> actionstop <ACT>
gets the stop command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT>
gets the check command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> actionban <ACT>
gets the ban command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
get <JAIL> actionunban <ACT>
gets the unban command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
start <JAIL>
starts the jail <JAIL>
.TP
stop <JAIL>
stops the jail <JAIL>. The jail is
removed
.TP
status <JAIL>
gets 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)