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The Perfect Server - Debian Squeeze - Fail2ban authentication failure

Hi,

Ater set up The Perfect Server - Debian Squeeze [ISPConfig 3] i get this:

Code:

~# /etc/init.d/fail2ban restart

Restarting authentication failure monitor: fail2ban.

I've double checked all configuration and all seems ok.
Trere's no errors on /var/log/syslog nor /var/log/mail.log. Ihave googled a lot. Can you point me what, where to check?

TIA

thavaht

Please post the contents of:

/etc/fail2ban/jail.local

and of every file in /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/

Hi,

I would not like to hijack someones thread, but I presume that he has got the system working and therefore no further comments have been posted here.

I have exactly the same problem on Debian 6.

Code:

/etc/init.d/fail2ban restart

Restarting authentication failure monitor: fail2ban.

My /etc/fail2ban/jail.local file reads as follows:-

Code:

[pureftpd]



enabled  = true

port     = ftp

filter   = pureftpd

logpath  = /var/log/syslog

maxretry = 3





[sasl]



enabled  = true

port     = smtp

filter   = sasl

logpath  = /var/log/mail.log

maxretry = 5





[courierpop3]



enabled  = true

port     = pop3

filter   = courierpop3

logpath  = /var/log/mail.log

maxretry = 5





[courierpop3s]



enabled  = true

port     = pop3s

filter   = courierpop3s

logpath  = /var/log/mail.log

maxretry = 5





[courierimap]



enabled  = true

port     = imap2

filter   = courierimap

logpath  = /var/log/mail.log

maxretry = 5





[courierimaps]



enabled  = true

port     = imaps

filter   = courierimaps

logpath  = /var/log/mail.log

maxretry = 5

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Any errors in your logs (in the /var/log/ directory)?

I have the same problem following the how to here.

Where to look for errors?

Thanks you in advance.

The jail.local file in the how to has to be changed so the following line is:

Code:

filter = pure-ftpd

Please make the change.

After that fail2ban starts successfully.