From 02836b599ca2195d5f0763ddf19c907b5396b231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yaroslav Halchenko Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:25:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment about systemd backend for jails with logs outside of journal (Closes #959) --- config/jail.conf | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/config/jail.conf b/config/jail.conf index 09e57bf9..5c4e0259 100644 --- a/config/jail.conf +++ b/config/jail.conf @@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ maxretry = 5 # See "journalmatch" in the jails associated filter config # auto: will try to use the following backends, in order: # pyinotify, gamin, polling. +# +# Note: if systemd backend is choses as the default but you enable a jail +# for which logs are present only in its own log files, specify some other +# backend for that jail (e.g. polling) and provide empty value for +# journalmatch. See https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/959#issuecomment-74901200 backend = auto # "usedns" specifies if jails should trust hostnames in logs,