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



NAME
       fail2ban-server - start the server

SYNOPSIS
       fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       Fail2Ban	 v0.8.10  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  contribu-
       tions 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 v0.8.10		   June 2013		    FAIL2BAN-SERVER(1)