Thanks for the quick answers!!!
In the /var/log/messages
, I found Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: Started Time & Date Service. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: Event: nethserver-fail2ban-save Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: expanding /etc/sudoers Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/jail.local Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/action.d/shorewall.local Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/urbackup-auth.conf Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand SUCCESS [0.160696] Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: Reloading. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: [/usr/lib/systemd/system/microcode.service:10] Trailing garbage, ignoring. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: microcode.service lacks both ExecStart= and ExecStop= setting. Refusing. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service... Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock' Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid' Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3' Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: Job for fail2ban.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status fail2ban.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: [INFO] service fail2ban restart Feb 8 20:20:46 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service... Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: Job for fail2ban.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status fail2ban.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: [WARNING] restart service fail2ban failed! Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/adjust-services FAILED: 1 [0.190538] Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 esmith::event[24024]: Event: nethserver-fail2ban-save FAILED Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 httpd: [ERROR] Nethgui\System\NethPlatform: process on queue
post-processexited with code 1: /usr/libexec/nethserver/ptrack -j -s '/var/run/ptrack/9b766d17a9aa18dab30880110096b2b1.sock' -d '/var/spool/ptrack/8c75510bdde1c07b.dump' -- /usr/bin/sudo -n /sbin/e-smith/signal-event 'nethserver-fail2ban-save' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service... Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service... Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service... Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: '' Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: start request repeated too quickly for fail2ban.service Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 20:20:47 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 20:23:00 cpb17 clamd: SelfCheck: Database status OK.
When I type systemctl -l status fail2ban
I receive
[code]fail2ban.service - Fail2Ban Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fail2ban.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Wed 2017-02-08 20:20:47 CET; 2h 49min ago
Docs: man:fail2ban(1)
Process: 24058 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fail2ban-client -x start (code=exited, status=255)
Main PID: 3046 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service.
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state.
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service failed.
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for fail2ban.service
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service.
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state.
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service failed[/code]
After journalctl -xu fail2ban
:
Feb 08 20:20:47 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Fail
-- Logs begin at Mon 2017-02-06 02:12:56 CET, end at Wed 2017-02-08 23:16:42 CET. --
Feb 06 01:15:21 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Starting Fail2Ban Service...
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has begun starting up.
Feb 06 01:15:22 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[2901]: 2017-02-06 01:15:22,501 fail2ban.server [2933]: INFO Starting Fail2ban v0.9.5
Feb 06 01:15:22 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[2901]: 2017-02-06 01:15:22,501 fail2ban.server [2933]: INFO Starting in daemon mode
Feb 06 01:15:23 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Started Fail2Ban Service.
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is done.
Feb 06 13:02:24 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Stopping Fail2Ban Service...
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has begun shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-
-- Logs begin at Mon 2017-02-06 02:12:56 CET, end at Wed 2017-02-08 23:16:42 CET. --
Feb 06 01:15:21 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Starting Fail2Ban Service...
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has begun starting up.
Feb 06 01:15:22 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[2901]: 2017-02-06 01:15:22,501 fail2ban.server [2933]: INFO Starting Fail2ban v0.9.5
Feb 06 01:15:22 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[2901]: 2017-02-06 01:15:22,501 fail2ban.server [2933]: INFO Starting in daemon mode
Feb 06 01:15:23 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Started Fail2Ban Service.
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is done.
Feb 06 13:02:24 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Stopping Fail2Ban Service...
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has begun shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has begun shutting down.
Feb 06 13:02:28 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[8038]: Shutdown successful
Feb 06 13:02:28 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Stopped Fail2Ban Service.
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has finished shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has finished shutting down.
Feb 07 01:05:06 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Starting Fail2Ban Service...
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has begun starting up.
Feb 07 01:05:07 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[1042]: ERROR Failed during configuration: File contains parsing errors: /etc/fail2ban/jail.loca
Feb 07 01:05:07 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[1042]: [line 759]: 'syslog\r\n'
Feb 07 01:05:07 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255
Feb 07 01:05:07 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service.
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Feb 07 01:05:07 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state.
Feb 07 01:05:07 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service failed.
Feb 07 01:05:07 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
lines 1-50
`and so on... `b 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Starting Fail2Ban Service...
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has begun starting up.
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fai
lines 352-401
ct: Unit fail2ban.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has begun starting up.
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fai
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto'
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: ''
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto'
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: ''
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution:
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: section: [httpd-admin]
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: option : action
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: key : action_mw
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21383]: rawval :
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service.
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state.
Feb 08 18:58:51 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service failed.
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Starting Fail2Ban Service...
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit fail2ban.service has begun starting up.
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fai
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto'
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: ''
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto'
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: ''
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution:
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: section: [httpd-admin]
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: option : action
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: key : action_mw
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com fail2ban-client[21659]: rawval :
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255
Feb 08 18:58:52 cpb17.cpbanq.com systemd[1]: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service.
-- Subject: Unit fail2ban.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
`There is much more output but it is more or less the same repeated...
After `fail2ban-client -vvv start`:`
INFO Loading configs for fail2ban under /etc/fail2ban
DEBUG Reading configs for fail2ban under /etc/fail2ban
DEBUG Reading config files: /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local
INFO Loading files: ['/etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local']
Level 7 Reading file: /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local
INFO Loading files: ['/etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local']
Level 7 Shared file: /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local
WARNING 'socket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock'
WARNING 'pidfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid'
INFO Using socket file /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock
INFO Loading configs for jail under /etc/fail2ban
DEBUG Reading configs for jail under /etc/fail2ban
DEBUG Reading config files: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
INFO Loading files: ['/etc/fail2ban/jail.local']
Level 7 Reading file: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
INFO Loading files: ['/etc/fail2ban/jail.local']
Level 7 Shared file: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
WARNING 'syslogsocket' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: 'auto'
WARNING 'dbfile' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3'
WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: ''
WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin
Level 7 Non essential option 'logencoding' not defined in 'httpd-admin'.
WARNING 'backend' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: 'auto'
Level 7 Non essential option 'failregex' not defined in 'httpd-admin'.
Level 7 Non essential option 'ignoreregex' not defined in 'httpd-admin'.
Level 7 Non essential option 'ignorecommand' not defined in 'httpd-admin'.
WARNING 'filter' not defined in 'httpd-admin'. Using default one: ''
ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution:
section: [httpd-admin]
option : action
key : action_mw
rawval :
The output of ls -la /var/run/fail2ban/
is:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb 8 20:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 40 root root 1260 Feb 8 19:15 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 8 20:06 fail2ban.sock
And finally the signal-event nethserver-fail2ban-save
yields the following log:`
Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: Event: nethserver-fail2ban-save Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: expanding /etc/sudoers Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 dbus[2377]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name=‘org.freedesktop.timedate1’ unit=‘dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service’ Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 dbus-daemon: dbus[2377]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name=‘org.freedesktop.timedate1’ unit=‘dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service’ Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 systemd: Starting Time & Date Service… Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 dbus-daemon: dbus[2377]: [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.freedesktop.timedate1’ Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 dbus[2377]: [system] Successfully activated service ‘org.freedesktop.timedate1’ Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 systemd: Started Time & Date Service. Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.local Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/jail.local Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/action.d/shorewall.local Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: expanding /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/urbackup-auth.conf Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand SUCCESS [0.163037] Feb 8 23:59:28 cpb17 systemd: Reloading. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: [/usr/lib/systemd/system/microcode.service:10] Trailing garbage, ignoring. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: microcode.service lacks both ExecStart= and ExecStop= setting. Refusing. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service… Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘socket’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘pidfile’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘syslogsocket’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘auto’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘dbfile’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘filter’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘backend’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘auto’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘filter’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: Job for fail2ban.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See “systemctl status fail2ban.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: [INFO] service fail2ban restart Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service… Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘socket’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘pidfile’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘syslogsocket’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘auto’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘dbfile’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘filter’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘backend’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘auto’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘filter’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: Job for fail2ban.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See “systemctl status fail2ban.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: [WARNING] restart service fail2ban failed! Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/adjust-services FAILED: 1 [0.18692] Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 esmith::event[30368]: Event: nethserver-fail2ban-save FAILED Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Starting Fail2Ban Service… Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘socket’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘pidfile’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘syslogsocket’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘auto’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘dbfile’ not defined in ‘Definition’. Using default one: ‘/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘filter’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING No filter set for jail httpd-admin Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘backend’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘auto’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: WARNING ‘filter’ not defined in ‘httpd-admin’. Using default one: ‘’ Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: ERROR Failed during configuration: Bad value substitution: Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: section: [httpd-admin] Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: option : action Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: key : action_mw Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 fail2ban-client: rawval : Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service: control process exited, code=exited status=255 Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Failed to start Fail2Ban Service. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Unit fail2ban.service entered failed state. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service failed. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: fail2ban.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. Feb 8 23:59:29 cpb17 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalil…