FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)

NAME
fail2ban-server - start the server

SYNOPSIS
fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
Fail2Ban v0.9.3 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 to https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues

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)