Fail2Ban not startin error

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by muekno, Apr 25, 2016.

  1. muekno

    muekno Active Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Newly installed mailserver mutiserver enviorement debian jessie, use ISPCONFIG Manual and perfect Server jessie whowtos
    Error
    Apr 25 13:18:02 smtp1 fail2ban[1842]: Starting authentication failure monitor: fail2banWARNING 'enabled' not defined in 'dovecot-pop... 'false'
    Apr 25 13:18:02 smtp1 fail2ban[1842]: WARNING 'logpath' not defined in 'dovecot-pop3imap'. Using default one: '/var/log/messages'
    Apr 25 13:18:02 smtp1 fail2ban[1842]: ERROR Error in action definition iptables-multiport[name=dovecot-pop3imap, port="pop3,pop3s,i...mail.log
    Apr 25 13:18:02 smtp1 fail2ban[1842]: ERROR Errors in jail 'dovecot-pop3imap'. Skipping...
    Apr 25 13:18:02 smtp1 fail2ban[1842]: failed!

    jail.local
    [dovecot-pop3imap]
    enabled = true
    filter = dovecot-pop3imap
    action = iptables-multiport[name=dovecot-pop3imap, port="pop3,pop3s,imap,imaps", protocol=tcp]
    logpath = /var/log/mail.log
    maxretry = 5

    [postfix-sasl]
    enabled = true
    port = smtp
    filter = postfix-sasl
    logpath = /var/log/mail.log
    maxretry = 3


    Double checked jail.local, cant find errors,
    need help

    Thanks Rainer
     
  2. muekno

    muekno Active Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Restarted fail2ban some minutes bevor, to continue troubleshooting and it started successfull. Seems it is fixed, do not know why.
    So for now no more help is needed.
     

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