Fedora
fail2ban package

  1. Bug #372304
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 372304

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In , HaraldV (harald-volz) wrote :

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Fail2ban does not work with python2.6
Syslog shows
fail2ban.server : ERROR Unexpected communication error
Google search showed the need of python2.5 which is not available with OpenSuse11.1
See for example:
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34886

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install fail2ban
2. enable sshd-jail
3. start fail2ban
4. check /var/log/messages
5. fail2ban is not blocking a bruteforce attack