[SOLVED] I get an error right after Fail2ban restart in Ubuntu 14.04

grigory · 03-11-2016, 02:56 PM

Hello!

I've been having this little issue, after I've installed recently fail2ban on Ubuntu 14.04
Right after I restart fail2ban in the terminal I get an error message. Though I do get [OK], meaning that generally restart went OK. Still I wish to get rid of this probably minor issue. I get this error message:

Code:

WARNING  'ignoreregex' not defined in 'Definition'. Using default one: ''

After some googling, I found a possible solution. Which is to add this:

Code:

ignoreregex =

to fail2ban conf files in /etc/fail2ban/filter.d directory
I've checked all the conf files there and I've seen that line in all of them, EXCEPT for one, which is postfix-sasl.conf
I have to add that [sasl] jail is enabled in my jail.local file

So my question is whether the solution is correct and also I would appreciate some explanation of what it's all about.

Habitual · 03-11-2016, 03:06 PM

Yes,
add

Code:

ignoreregex =

at bottom of file /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/postfix-sasl.conf

and restart fail2ban. Warning should be gone.

Why? People get in a hurry, we all make mistakes, or Keeps us on our Toes? Pick one.

grigory · 03-12-2016, 04:56 AM

Okay, I'll do that. Thanks!

Habitual · 03-12-2016, 06:57 AM

You're welcome.