Re: [Fail2ban-users] script not running

[Joey <Joey@Web56.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Cyril Jaquier [mailto:cyr...@fa...]
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:21 PM
To: Joey
Cc: fai...@li...
Subject: Re: [Fail2ban-users] script not running
> Hi Joey,
> This doesn’t make any sense but here it goes.
> I was running fail2ban just fine when I got a patch from Cyril, I tried to compile it but in the end it didn’t work.
> I backed out my change and re-compiled but it wouldn’t execute properly.
>
> Btw... Python is an interpreted language so no need to "compile" it ;)
> No problem, I untarred a new copy ran the python setup.py install and still no luck.
> I then removed anything that said fail2ban on the whole server, un tarred a new copy compiled and still no luck.
> It makes no sense and this is what I get when trying to run the client.
>
>  File "/usr/bin/fail2ban-client", line 40, in ?
>  from client.beautifier import Beautifier
>  File "/usr/share/fail2ban/client/beautifier.py", line 27, in ?
>  from server.jails import UnknownJailException
>  File "/usr/bin/server.py", line 28, in ?
>
> This file is at the wrong place :/ How did it arrive into /usr/bin? Open this file and if it is a fail2ban's file, remove it.
> Check if there are more files in this directory:
> # grep -R Fail2Ban /usr/bin
> Remove them and install fail2ban again. It should work.
> Regards,
> Cyril
>

OK I removed those files, ran the setup again from my download folder.
Look at the results:
python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
creating build/lib/common
copying common/protocol.py -build/lib/common
copying common/version.py -build/lib/common
copying common/__init__.py -build/lib/common
creating build/lib/client
copying client/configparserinc.py -build/lib/client
copying client/filterreader.py -build/lib/client
copying client/jailreader.py -build/lib/client
copying client/jailsreader.py -build/lib/client
copying client/beautifier.py -build/lib/client
copying client/configurator.py -build/lib/client
copying client/csocket.py -build/lib/client
copying client/__init__.py -build/lib/client
copying client/actionreader.py -build/lib/client
copying client/fail2banreader.py -build/lib/client
copying client/configreader.py -build/lib/client
creating build/lib/server
copying server/jails.py -build/lib/server
copying server/transmitter.py -build/lib/server
copying server/jail.py -build/lib/server
copying server/banmanager.py -build/lib/server
copying server/filtergamin.py -build/lib/server
copying server/filter.py -build/lib/server
copying server/datetemplate.py -build/lib/server
copying server/ticket.py -build/lib/server
copying server/action.py -build/lib/server
copying server/server.py -build/lib/server
copying server/actions.py -build/lib/server
copying server/filterpoll.py -build/lib/server
copying server/faildata.py -build/lib/server
copying server/asyncserver.py -build/lib/server
copying server/datedetector.py -build/lib/server
copying server/__init__.py -build/lib/server
copying server/jailthread.py -build/lib/server
copying server/iso8601.py -build/lib/server
copying server/failmanager.py -build/lib/server
copying server/failregex.py -build/lib/server
copying server/mytime.py -build/lib/server
running build_scripts
creating build/scripts-2.4
copying and adjusting fail2ban-client -build/scripts-2.4
copying and adjusting fail2ban-server -build/scripts-2.4
copying and adjusting fail2ban-regex -build/scripts-2.4
changing mode of build/scripts-2.4/fail2ban-client from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.4/fail2ban-server from 644 to 755
changing mode of build/scripts-2.4/fail2ban-regex from 644 to 755
running install_lib
creating /usr/share/fail2ban
creating /usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/protocol.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/version.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/common
copying build/lib/common/__init__.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/common
creating /usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/configparserinc.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/filterreader.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/jailreader.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/jailsreader.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/beautifier.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/configurator.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/csocket.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/__init__.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/actionreader.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/fail2banreader.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
copying build/lib/client/configreader.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/client
creating /usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/jails.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/transmitter.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/jail.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/banmanager.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/filtergamin.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/filter.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/datetemplate.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/ticket.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/action.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/server.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/actions.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/filterpoll.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/faildata.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/asyncserver.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/datedetector.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/__init__.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/jailthread.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/iso8601.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/failmanager.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/failregex.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
copying build/lib/server/mytime.py -/usr/share/fail2ban/server
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/protocol.py to protocol.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/version.py to version.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/common/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/configparserinc.py to
configparserinc.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/filterreader.py to filterreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/jailreader.py to jailreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/jailsreader.py to jailsreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/beautifier.py to beautifier.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/configurator.py to configurator.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/csocket.py to csocket.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/actionreader.py to actionreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py to
fail2banreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/client/configreader.py to configreader.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/jails.py to jails.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/transmitter.py to transmitter.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/jail.py to jail.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/banmanager.py to banmanager.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/filtergamin.py to filtergamin.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/filter.py to filter.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/datetemplate.py to datetemplate.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/ticket.py to ticket.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/action.py to action.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/server.py to server.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/actions.py to actions.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py to filterpoll.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/faildata.py to faildata.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/asyncserver.py to asyncserver.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/datedetector.py to datedetector.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/jailthread.py to jailthread.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/iso8601.py to iso8601.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/failmanager.py to failmanager.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/failregex.py to failregex.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/share/fail2ban/server/mytime.py to mytime.pyc
running install_scripts
copying build/scripts-2.4/fail2ban-client -/usr/bin
copying build/scripts-2.4/fail2ban-regex -/usr/bin
copying build/scripts-2.4/fail2ban-server -/usr/bin
changing mode of /usr/bin/fail2ban-client to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/fail2ban-regex to 755
changing mode of /usr/bin/fail2ban-server to 755
running install_data
creating /var/run/fail2ban

Please do not forget to update your configuration files.
They are in /etc/fail2ban/.

Look at the results from the search:
grep -R Fail2Ban /usr/bin
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:# This file is part of Fail2Ban.
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:# Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:# Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful,
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:# along with Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free
Software
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:               print "Fail2Ban v" + version
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:               """ Prints Fail2Ban command line
options and exits
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:               print "Fail2Ban v" + version + " reads
log file that contains password failure report"
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:               print "Fail2Ban v" + version + " reads
log file that contains password failure report"
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client:       # Start Fail2Ban server.
/usr/bin/server.py:# This file is part of Fail2Ban.
/usr/bin/server.py:# Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify
/usr/bin/server.py:# Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful,
/usr/bin/server.py:# along with Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free Software
/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex:# This file is part of Fail2Ban.
/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex:# Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify
/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex:# Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful,
/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex:# along with Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free
Software
/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex:                print "Fail2Ban v" + version
/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex:                print "Fail2Ban v" + version + " reads
log file that contains password failure report"
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:# This file is part of Fail2Ban.
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:# Fail2Ban is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:# Fail2Ban is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful,
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:# along with Fail2Ban; if not, write to the Free
Software
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:# \mainpage Fail2Ban
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:               print "Fail2Ban v" + version
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:               """ Prints Fail2Ban command line
options and exits
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server:               print "Fail2Ban v" + version + " reads
log file that contains password failure report"


FYI the other 2 servers I have this running on have the files in the same place.
/usr/bin/fail2ban-regex
/usr/bin/fail2ban-server
/usr/bin/fail2ban-client


Joey