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.TH FAIL2BAN-CLIENT "1" "August 2007" "fail2ban-client v0.8.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fail2ban-client \- configure and control the server
.SH DESCRIPTION
[?1034hUsage: ../fail2ban\-client [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
.PP
Fail2Ban v0.8.1 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 (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
\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
.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> to the monitoring
list of <JAIL>
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> timeregex <REGEX>\fR
sets the regular expression
<REGEX> to match the date format
for <JAIL>. This will disable the
autodetection feature.
.TP
\fBset <JAIL> timepattern <PATTERN>\fR
sets the pattern <PATTERN> to
match the date format for <JAIL>.
This will disable the
autodetection feature.
.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> 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> 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> timeregex\fR
gets the regular expression used
for the time detection for <JAIL>
.TP
\fBget <JAIL> timepattern\fR
gets the pattern used for the time
detection for <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> 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>
.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)