Provided by: fail2ban_0.8.11-1_all bug

NAME
       fail2ban-server - start the server


SYNOPSIS
       fail2ban-server [OPTIONS]


DESCRIPTION
       Fail2Ban  v0.8.11  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 via Debian bug tracking system http://www.debian.org/Bugs/ .


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 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)