NAME¶
fail2ban-server - start the server
SYNOPSIS¶
fail2ban-server [
OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION¶
Fail2Ban v0.8.13 reads log file that contains password failure report and bans
the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
Only use this command for debugging purpose. Start the server with
fail2ban-client instead. The default behaviour is to start the server in
background.
OPTIONS¶
- -b
- start in background
- -f
- start in foreground
- -s <FILE>
- socket path
- -p <FILE>
- pidfile path
- -x
- force execution of the server (remove socket file)
- -h, --help
- display this help message
- -V, --version
- print the version
AUTHOR¶
Written by Cyril Jaquier <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>. Many contributions
by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs via Debian bug tracking system
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ .
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2004-2008 Cyril Jaquier, 2008- Fail2Ban Contributors
Copyright of modifications held by their respective authors. Licensed under the
GNU General Public License v2 (GPL).
SEE ALSO¶
fail2ban-client(1)