Re: [Fail2ban-users] Reload Client ?

[René B. <rb...@ca...>]

Joey wrote:

> When you run fail2ban_client reload why does it take forever to reload?
> 
> I thought all it does is reload ( re-read) the configuration for
> updates.  I have been waiting over 20 minutes with no luck.

Have you checked your log?

You probably are getting a ton of messages due to activating iptables' log.

And the answer to your last 2 questions is no, it doesn't take forever,
and it doesn't read the whole mail log, it only bans from the time you
started it.
-- 
René Berber