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FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)               User Commands              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 (C) 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)

fail2ban-server v0.9.3             July 2015                FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)

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