fail2ban email notification working
by l0f4r0 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4RA8F)
Hello,
This is about fail2ban.
Can somebody explain me the purpose and differences between the following configuration files please?
I'm asking because my server runs on Debian 9 with fail2ban 0.9.6-2 and I would like to customize email notifications after some IP bans.
I've modified all "actionban" sections in all 5 previously mentioned files with no avail (emails are still generic and don't take my changes into account, even after systemctl reload fail2ban command).
Thank you in advance :)
EDIT: Ok, I've not really understood why we need all these different files but I've understood their precedence order.
Thus, I've just created a /etc/fail2ban/action.d/mail-whois-lines.local file to be sure it's the last email configuration file read by fail2ban and my customization works now :)
This is about fail2ban.
Can somebody explain me the purpose and differences between the following configuration files please?
- /etc/fail2ban/action.d/mail-buffered.conf
- /etc/fail2ban/action.d/mail.conf
- /etc/fail2ban/action.d/mail-whois-common.conf
- /etc/fail2ban/action.d/mail-whois.conf
- /etc/fail2ban/action.d/mail-whois-lines.conf
I'm asking because my server runs on Debian 9 with fail2ban 0.9.6-2 and I would like to customize email notifications after some IP bans.
I've modified all "actionban" sections in all 5 previously mentioned files with no avail (emails are still generic and don't take my changes into account, even after systemctl reload fail2ban command).
Thank you in advance :)
EDIT: Ok, I've not really understood why we need all these different files but I've understood their precedence order.
Thus, I've just created a /etc/fail2ban/action.d/mail-whois-lines.local file to be sure it's the last email configuration file read by fail2ban and my customization works now :)