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=== LOGGING ===
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{|
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| '''Command''' || || '''Description'''
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set loglevel <LEVEL></tt></span> || || sets logging level to <LEVEL>. 0 is minimal, 4 is debug
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get loglevel</tt></span> || || gets the logging level
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set logtarget <TARGET></tt></span> || || sets logging target to <TARGET>. Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG or a file
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get logtarget</tt></span> || || gets logging target
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>flushlogs</tt></span> || || flushes the logtarget if a file and reopens it. For log rotation.
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=== JAIL CONTROL ===
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{|
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| '''Command''' || || '''Description'''
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>add <JAIL> <BACKEND></tt></span> || || creates <JAIL> using <BACKEND>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>start <JAIL></tt></span> || || starts the jail <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>stop <JAIL></tt></span> || || stops the jail <JAIL>. The jail is removed
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>status <JAIL></tt></span> || || gets the current status of <JAIL>
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=== JAIL CONFIGURATION ===
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{|
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| '''Command''' || || '''Description'''
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> idle on|off</tt></span> || || sets the idle state of <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> addignoreip <IP></tt></span> || || adds <IP> to the ignore list of <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> delignoreip <IP></tt></span> || || removes <IP> from the ignore list of <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> addlogpath <FILE></tt></span> || || adds <FILE> to the monitoring list of <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> dellogpath <FILE></tt></span> || || removes <FILE> from the monitoring list of <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> addfailregex <REGEX></tt></span> || || adds the regular expression <REGEX> which must match failures for <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> delfailregex <INDEX></tt></span> || || removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for failregex
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> ignorecommand <VALUE></tt></span> || || sets ignorecommand of <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> addignoreregex <REGEX></tt></span> || || adds the regular expression <REGEX> which should match pattern to exclude for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> delignoreregex <INDEX></tt></span> || || removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for ignoreregex
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> findtime <TIME></tt></span> || || sets the number of seconds <TIME> for which the filter will look back for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> bantime <TIME></tt></span> || || sets the number of seconds <TIME> a host will be banned for <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> usedns <VALUE></tt></span> || || sets the usedns mode for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> banip <IP></tt></span> || || manually Ban <IP> for <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> unbanip <IP></tt></span> || || manually Unban <IP> in <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY></tt></span> || || sets the number of failures <RETRY> before banning the host for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> addaction <ACT></tt></span> || || adds a new action named <NAME> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> delaction <ACT></tt></span> || || removes the action <NAME> from <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> setcinfo <ACT> <KEY> <VALUE></tt></span> || || sets <VALUE> for <KEY> of the action <NAME> for <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> delcinfo <ACT> <KEY></tt></span> || || removes <KEY> for the action <NAME> for <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> <CMD></tt></span> || || sets the start command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> <CMD></tt></span> || || sets the stop command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> <CMD></tt></span> || || sets the check command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> actionban <ACT> <CMD></tt></span> || || sets the ban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>set <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> <CMD></tt></span> || || sets the unban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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=== JAIL INFORMATION ===
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{|
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| '''Command''' || || '''Description'''
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> logpath</tt></span> || || gets the list of the monitored files for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> ignoreip</tt></span> || || gets the list of ignored IP addresses for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> ignorecommand</tt></span> || || gets ignorecommand of <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> failregex</tt></span> || || gets the list of regular expressions which matches the failures for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> ignoreregex</tt></span> || || gets the list of regular expressions which matches patterns to ignore for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> findtime</tt></span> || || gets the time for which the filter will look back for failures for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> bantime</tt></span> || || gets the time a host is banned for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> usedns</tt></span> || || gets the usedns setting for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> maxretry</tt></span> || || gets the number of failures allowed for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> addaction</tt></span> || || gets the last action which has been added for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> actionstart <ACT></tt></span> || || gets the start command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> actionstop <ACT></tt></span> || || gets the stop command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT></tt></span> || || gets the check command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> actionban <ACT></tt></span> || || gets the ban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> actionunban <ACT></tt></span> || || gets the unban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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|-
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| <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><tt>get <JAIL> cinfo <ACT> <KEY></tt></span> || || gets the value for <KEY> for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
 
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Revision as of 23:15, 21 January 2014

The commands presented above can be executed using: 

$ fail2ban-client <COMMAND>

or by typing them in the interactive console available with: 

$ fail2ban-client -i



BASIC

Command Description
start starts the server and the jails
reload reloads the configuration
reload <JAIL> reloads the jail <JAIL>
stop stops all jails and terminate the server
status gets the current status of the server
ping tests if the server is alive
help return this output

LOGGING

Command Description
set loglevel <LEVEL> sets logging level to <LEVEL>. 0 is minimal, 4 is debug
get loglevel gets the logging level
set logtarget <TARGET> sets logging target to <TARGET>. Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG or a file
get logtarget gets logging target
flushlogs flushes the logtarget if a file and reopens it. For log rotation.

JAIL CONTROL

Command Description
add <JAIL> <BACKEND> creates <JAIL> using <BACKEND>
start <JAIL> starts the jail <JAIL>
stop <JAIL> stops the jail <JAIL>. The jail is removed
status <JAIL> gets the current status of <JAIL>

JAIL CONFIGURATION

Command Description
off sets the idle state of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addignoreip <IP> adds <IP> to the ignore list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delignoreip <IP> removes <IP> from the ignore list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addlogpath <FILE> adds <FILE> to the monitoring list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> dellogpath <FILE> removes <FILE> from the monitoring list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addfailregex <REGEX> adds the regular expression <REGEX> which must match failures for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delfailregex <INDEX> removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for failregex
set <JAIL> ignorecommand <VALUE> sets ignorecommand of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addignoreregex <REGEX> adds the regular expression <REGEX> which should match pattern to exclude for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delignoreregex <INDEX> removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for ignoreregex
set <JAIL> findtime sets the number of seconds
set <JAIL> bantime sets the number of seconds
set <JAIL> usedns <VALUE> sets the usedns mode for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> banip <IP> manually Ban <IP> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> unbanip <IP> manually Unban <IP> in <JAIL>
set <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY> sets the number of failures <RETRY> before banning the host for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addaction <ACT> adds a new action named <NAME> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delaction <ACT> removes the action <NAME> from <JAIL>
set <JAIL> setcinfo <ACT> <KEY> <VALUE> sets <VALUE> for <KEY> of the action <NAME> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delcinfo <ACT> <KEY> removes <KEY> for the action <NAME> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> <CMD> sets the start command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> <CMD> sets the stop command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> <CMD> sets the check command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionban <ACT> <CMD> sets the ban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> <CMD> sets the unban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

JAIL INFORMATION

Command Description
get <JAIL> logpath gets the list of the monitored files for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> ignoreip gets the list of ignored IP addresses for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> ignorecommand gets ignorecommand of <JAIL>
get <JAIL> failregex gets the list of regular expressions which matches the failures for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> ignoreregex gets the list of regular expressions which matches patterns to ignore for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> findtime gets the time for which the filter will look back for failures for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> bantime gets the time a host is banned for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> usedns gets the usedns setting for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> maxretry gets the number of failures allowed for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> addaction gets the last action which has been added for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> gets the start command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> gets the stop command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> gets the check command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionban <ACT> gets the ban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> gets the unban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> cinfo <ACT> <KEY> gets the value for <KEY> for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

LOGGING

Command Description
set loglevel <LEVEL> sets logging level to <LEVEL>. 0 is minimal, 4 is debug
get loglevel gets the logging level
set logtarget <TARGET> sets logging target to <TARGET>. Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG or a file
get logtarget gets logging target

JAIL CONTROL

Command Description
add <JAIL> <BACKEND> creates <JAIL> using <BACKEND>
start <JAIL> starts the jail <JAIL>
stop <JAIL> stops the jail <JAIL>. The jail is removed
status <JAIL> gets the current status of <JAIL>

JAIL CONFIGURATION

Command Description
off sets the idle state of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addignoreip <IP> adds <IP> to the ignore list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delignoreip <IP> removes <IP> from the ignore list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addlogpath <FILE> adds <FILE> to the monitoring list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> dellogpath <FILE> removes <FILE> from the monitoring list of <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addfailregex <REGEX> adds the regular expression <REGEX> which must match failures for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delfailregex <INDEX> removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for failregex
set <JAIL> addignoreregex <REGEX> adds the regular expression <REGEX> which should match pattern to exclude for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delignoreregex <INDEX> removes the regular expression at <INDEX> for ignoreregex
set <JAIL> findtime sets the number of seconds
set <JAIL> bantime sets the number of seconds
set <JAIL> usedns <VALUE> sets the usedns mode for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> banip <IP> manually Ban <IP> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> unbanip <IP> manually Unban <IP> in <JAIL>
set <JAIL> maxretry <RETRY> sets the number of failures <RETRY> before banning the host for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> addaction <ACT> adds a new action named <NAME> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delaction <ACT> removes the action <NAME> from <JAIL>
set <JAIL> setcinfo <ACT> <KEY> <VALUE> sets <VALUE> for <KEY> of the action <NAME> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> delcinfo <ACT> <KEY> removes <KEY> for the action <NAME> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> <CMD> sets the start command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> <CMD> sets the stop command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> <CMD> sets the check command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionban <ACT> <CMD> sets the ban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
set <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> <CMD> sets the unban command <CMD> of the action <ACT> for <JAIL>

JAIL INFORMATION

Command Description
get <JAIL> logpath gets the list of the monitored files for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> ignoreip gets the list of ignored IP addresses for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> failregex gets the list of regular expressions which matches the failures for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> ignoreregex gets the list of regular expressions which matches patterns to ignore for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> findtime gets the time for which the filter will look back for failures for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> bantime gets the time a host is banned for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> usedns gets the usedns setting for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> maxretry gets the number of failures allowed for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> addaction gets the last action which has been added for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionstart <ACT> gets the start command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionstop <ACT> gets the stop command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actioncheck <ACT> gets the check command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionban <ACT> gets the ban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> actionunban <ACT> gets the unban command for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
get <JAIL> cinfo <ACT> <KEY> gets the value for <KEY> for the action <ACT> for <JAIL>
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