| 1 | Once you install the package, you can start using fail2ban by: |
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| 2 | 1. chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban |
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| 3 | 2. /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban start |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | Additionally, you can add the following to rc.local for automatic startup |
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| 6 | if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban ]; then |
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| 7 | /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban start |
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| 8 | fi |
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| 9 | |
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| 10 | and add the following to rc.local_shutdown to stop fail2ban at shutdown |
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| 11 | if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban ]; then |
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| 12 | /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban stop |
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| 13 | fi |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | The package contains logrotate script copied from fail2ban manual, |
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| 16 | and modified to reflect Slackware packaging. You can find |
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| 17 | the original script at: |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/MANUAL_0_8 |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | UPGRADING: |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | Please make sure you have all your modifications done to .local files instead of |
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| 24 | .conf files. |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | Making modifications to .local files is the recommended practice as per the |
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| 27 | software manual. Each .conf file is overridden by equivalent .local file. |
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| 28 | Please refer Configuration section in fail2ban manual. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | Changelog: |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | 08/03/2008 |
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| 33 | upgraded to fail2ban version 0.8.3, added restart option to rc script |
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| 34 | 12/28/2008 |
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| 35 | fixed a typo in rc.fail2ban that prevented showing usage info when run without options |
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| 36 | 09/08/2009 |
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| 37 | added some notes and simplified rc script. updated to version 0.8.4. Modified build script |
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| 38 | to account for users who keeps their config options in .conf files. Now the script |
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| 39 | moves the .conf files to .new which will prevent the overwrite of existing .conf files. |
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| 40 | 10/29/2010 |
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| 41 | Simplified rc.fail2ban start. Removed check for executable bit on rc.fail2ban during startup. |
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