fail2ban(8) - Linux man page

Name

fail2ban - bans IP that makes too many password failures

Synopsis

fail2ban [OPTIONS]

Description

Fail2Ban reads log file that contains password failure report and bans the corresponding IP addresses using firewall rules. It updates firewall rules to reject the IP address.

Options

-b: start in background
-c FILE: read configuration file FILE
-p FILE: create PID lock in FILE
-h, --help: display this help message
-i IP: IP(s) to ignore
-k: kill a currently running Fail2Ban instance
-r VALUE: allow a max of VALUE password failure [maxfailures]
-t TIME: ban IP for TIME seconds [bantime]
-f TIME: lifetime in seconds of failed entry [findtime]
-v: verbose. Use twice for greater effect
-V, --version: print software version

Files

/etc/fail2ban.conf

The configuration file. See fail2ban.conf(5) for further details.

Reporting Bugs

Please report bugs at http://sourceforge.net/projects/fail2ban/ via bug tracker

Author

Cyril Jaquier <lostcontrol@users.sourceforge.net>