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.TH FAIL2BAN-CLIENT "1" "November 2013" "fail2ban-client v0.8.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fail2ban-client \- configure and control the server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fail2ban-client
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fI<COMMAND>\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.8.11 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\-p\fR <FILE>
pidfile 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 (remove socket file)
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print the version
.SH COMMAND
.IP
BASIC
.TP
\fBstart\fR
starts the server and the jails
.TP
\fBreload\fR
reloads the configuration
.TP
\fBreload <JAIL>\fR
reloads the jail <JAIL>
.TP
\fBstop\fR
stops all jails and terminate the
server
.TP
\fBstatus\fR
gets the current status of the
server
.TP
\fBping\fR
tests if the server is alive
.TP
\fBhelp\fR
return this output
.IP
LOGGING
.TP
\fBset loglevel <LEVEL>\fR
sets logging level to <LEVEL>. 0
is minimal, 4 is debug
.TP
\fBget loglevel\fR
gets the logging level
.TP
\fBset logtarget <TARGET>\fR
sets logging target to <TARGET>.
Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG or a
file
.TP
\fBget logtarget\fR
gets logging target
.IP
JAIL CONTROL
.TP
\fBadd <JAIL> <BACKEND>\fR
creates <JAIL> using <BACKEND>
.TP
\fBstart <JAIL>\fR
starts the jail <JAIL>
.TP
\fBstop <JAIL>\fR
stops the jail <JAIL>. The jail is
removed
.TP
\fBstatus <JAIL>\fR
gets the current status of <JAIL>
.IP
JAIL CONFIGURATION
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> idle on|off\fR
sets the idle state of <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> addignoreip <IP>\fR
adds <IP> to the ignore list of
<JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> delignoreip <IP>\fR
removes <IP> from the ignore list
of <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> addlogpath <FILE>\fR
adds <FILE> to the monitoring list
of <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> dellogpath <FILE>\fR
removes <FILE> from the monitoring
list of <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> addfailregex <REGEX>\fR
adds the regular expression
<REGEX> which must match failures
for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> delfailregex <INDEX>\fR
removes the regular expression at
<INDEX> for failregex
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> ignorecommand <VALUE>\fR
sets ignorecommand of <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> addignoreregex <REGEX>\fR
adds the regular expression
<REGEX> which should match pattern
to exclude for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> delignoreregex <INDEX>\fR
removes the regular expression at
<INDEX> for ignoreregex
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> findtime <TIME>\fR
sets the number of seconds <TIME>
for which the filter will look
back for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> bantime <TIME>\fR
sets the number of seconds <TIME>
a host will be banned for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> usedns <VALUE>\fR
sets the usedns mode for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> banip <IP>\fR
manually Ban <IP> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> unbanip <IP>\fR
manually Unban <IP> in <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY>\fR
sets the number of failures
<RETRY> before banning the host
for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> addaction <ACT>\fR
adds a new action named <NAME> for
<JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> delaction <ACT>\fR
removes the action <NAME> from
<JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> setcinfo <ACT> <KEY> <VALUE>\fR
sets <VALUE> for <KEY> of the
action <NAME> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> delcinfo <ACT> <KEY>\fR
removes <KEY> for the action
<NAME> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> <CMD>\fR
sets the start command <CMD> of
the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> <CMD>\fR
sets the stop command <CMD> of the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> <CMD>\fR
sets the check command <CMD> of
the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> actionban <ACT> <CMD>\fR
sets the ban command <CMD> of the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> <CMD>\fR
sets the unban command <CMD> of
the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.IP
JAIL INFORMATION
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> logpath\fR
gets the list of the monitored
files for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> ignoreip\fR
gets the list of ignored IP
addresses for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> ignorecommand\fR
gets ignorecommand of <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> failregex\fR
gets the list of regular
expressions which matches the
failures for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> ignoreregex\fR
gets the list of regular
expressions which matches patterns
to ignore for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> findtime\fR
gets the time for which the filter
will look back for failures for
<JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> bantime\fR
gets the time a host is banned for
<JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> usedns\fR
gets the usedns setting for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> maxretry\fR
gets the number of failures
allowed for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> addaction\fR
gets the last action which has
been added for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> actionstart <ACT>\fR
gets the start command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> actionstop <ACT>\fR
gets the stop command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT>\fR
gets the check command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> actionban <ACT>\fR
gets the ban command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> actionunban <ACT>\fR
gets the unban command for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> cinfo <ACT> <KEY>\fR
gets the value for <KEY> for the
action <ACT> for <JAIL>
.SH FILES
\fI/etc/fail2ban/*\fR
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Cyril Jaquier <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>.
Many contributions by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004\-2008 Cyril Jaquier, 2008\- Fail2Ban Contributors
.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)
jail.conf(5)