Re: [Fail2ban-users] Backend Gamin not working after restart

[Yaroslav H. <li...@on...>]

iirc there is even an official bugreport on LP somewhere that gamin
doesn't work on ubuntu... I guess we should rush to fix inotify backend
and make (deprecated) gamin the least preferable option over all

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012, Herbert Caffarel wrote:

> Hi all.

> I'm testing an Ubuntu 12.04 server to replace my current server, with 
> LAMP/Postfix/Courier etc...
> Configuring Fail2ban is easy (thank you) But I spent last 2 days on this 
> problem :
> after restarting the service, fail2ban create jails in iptables but 
> doesn't scan log files anymore.

> If I reboot the server, all is working fine (ssh, vsftpd...). If I 
> restart the service (/etc/init.d/fail2ban restart or service fail2ban 
> restart or fail2ban-client  -x start or whatever), no ban.

> I finally found that the backend is the cause.
> Changing it from auto to polling makes it working well even after a 
> service restart.

> I've searched a bit on the internet, it seems the backend gamin should 
> now be working.
> In my case, it's not.
> Am I the only one ?  Or am I wrong ?

> Thanks.



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