Exact same experience here - with "backend = polling", as included in fail2ban 0.8.6-3's /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf, fail2ban uses Gamin and does not properly monitor /var/log/auth.log and ban as expected. When I switch this to "backend = polling" fail2ban works as expected.
Exact same experience here - with "backend = polling", as included in fail2ban 0.8.6-3's /etc/fail2ban/ jail.conf, fail2ban uses Gamin and does not properly monitor /var/log/auth.log and ban as expected. When I switch this to "backend = polling" fail2ban works as expected.