Added in while loop to process the Fail Manager after the requested banned IP was added to its queue. This solves the issue of needing to touch the log file that is being monitored to get the IP to be banned accordingly. Added in import of FailManagerEmpty exception class.

server/filter.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
+from failmanager import FailManagerEmpty
 from failmanager import FailManager
 from ticket import FailTicket
 from jailthread import JailThread
@@ -224,6 +225,14 @@ class Filter(JailThread):
 		for i in xrange(self.failManager.getMaxRetry()):
 			self.failManager.addFailure(FailTicket(ip, unixTime))
 
+		# Perform the banning of the IP now.
+		try:
+			while True:
+				ticket = self.failManager.toBan()
+				self.jail.putFailTicket(ticket)
+		except FailManagerEmpty:
+			self.failManager.cleanup(MyTime.time())
+
 		return ip
 
 	##