From ef122d70daa1afcf6922316369514afd3e7d094a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nishant Limbachia Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 20:01:32 +0200 Subject: network/fail2ban: Added to 12.0 repository --- network/fail2ban/README.SBo | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 network/fail2ban/README.SBo (limited to 'network/fail2ban/README.SBo') diff --git a/network/fail2ban/README.SBo b/network/fail2ban/README.SBo new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..8395a086dadae --- /dev/null +++ b/network/fail2ban/README.SBo @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Once you install the package, you can start using fail2ban by: +1. mv /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban.new /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban +2. chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban +3. /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban start + +Additionally, you can add the following to rc.local for automatic startup +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban start +fi + +and add the following to rc.local_shutdown for to stop at shutdown +if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban ]; then + /etc/rc.d/rc.fail2ban stop +fi + +The package contains logrotate script copied from fail2ban manual, +and modified to reflect Slackware packaging. You can find +the original script at: + +http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/MANUAL_0_8 + +UPGRADING: + +Please make sure you have all your modifications to the default .conf files +in .local files. Upgrade **WILL OVERWRITE** files in place. +Making modifications to .local files is the recommended practice as per the +software manual. Each .conf file can be overridden by equivalent .local file. +Please refer Configuration section in fail2ban manual. + +Changelog: + +- Simplified rc script removing unnecessary startup options which have now + become standard. +- minor fix in slackbuild. +- doinst.sh now makes /var/run/fail2ban to house pid and socket files. + -- cgit v1.2.3