.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.36.
.TH FAIL2BAN-CLIENT "1" "March 2008" "fail2ban-client v0.8.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fail2ban-client \- configure and control the server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fail2ban-client
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fI<COMMAND>\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.8.2 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\-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
\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
.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> 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 <cyril.jaquier@fail2ban.org>.
Many contributions by Yaroslav O. Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Please report bugs via Debian bug tracking system
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004-2008 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)