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.TH FAIL2BAN-CLIENT "1" "September 2006" "fail2ban-client v0.7.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fail2ban-client \- Ban IPs that make too many password failure
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fail2ban-client
[\fIOPTIONS\fR]... \fI<COMMAND>\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.7.2 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\-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
.SS "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>
create <JAIL>
.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(1x)