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.TH FAIL2BAN-SERVER "1" "December 2016" "fail2ban-server v0.9.6" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fail2ban-server \- start the server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fail2ban-server
[\fI\,OPTIONS\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.9.6 reads log file that contains password failure report
and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules.
.PP
Only use this command for debugging purpose. Start the server with
fail2ban\-client instead. The default behaviour is to start the server
in background.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-b\fR
start in background
.TP
\fB\-f\fR
start in foreground
.TP
\fB\-s\fR <FILE>
socket path
.TP
\fB\-p\fR <FILE>
pidfile path
.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 AUTHOR
Written by Cyril Jaquier <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>.
Many contributions by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs via Debian bug tracking system \fIhttp://www.debian.org/Bugs/\fR .
.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-client(1)