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| author | Alex <alex.norden@gmail.com> | 2017-10-10 23:15:56 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-10-10 23:15:56 +0200 |
| commit | 8175a5382618c32f1bf9c6af3297abae952140b5 (patch) | |
| tree | 507edcde75ae276b7933d3122cc529920f023613 /README.md | |
| parent | 93634dd822d7696d3c523581310c2acd0789f03e (diff) | |
| download | fail2ban-8175a5382618c32f1bf9c6af3297abae952140b5.tar.gz | |
Update README.md with clarifications
+ Added new user clarification for installing from source with git clone.
? Right now it is not clear where the fail2ban-0.11.0.tar.bz2 is available for download.
+ Added command for checking fail2ban version.
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@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ To install, just do: tar xvfj fail2ban-0.11.0.tar.bz2 cd fail2ban-0.11.0 python setup.py install + +Alternatively, you can clone the source from GitHub to a directory of Your choice, and do the install from there. Pick the correct branch, for example, 0.11 + git clone https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban + cd fail2ban + sudo python setup.py install + This will install Fail2Ban into the python library directory. The executable scripts are placed into `/usr/bin`, and configuration under `/etc/fail2ban`. @@ -56,6 +62,9 @@ Fail2Ban should be correctly installed now. Just type: to see if everything is alright. You should always use fail2ban-client and never call fail2ban-server directly. +You can verify that you have the correct version installed with + + sudo fail2ban-client version Please note that the system init/service script is not automatically installed. To enable fail2ban as an automatic service, simply copy the script for your |