From 32281ed1aa5a542afbae7cdf5dd8a8764c842046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:43:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] BF: Assure that /var/run/fail2ban exists upon start (LP:
 #222804, #223706)

---
 debian/fail2ban.init | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debian/fail2ban.init b/debian/fail2ban.init
index c2bd3729..51b6f092 100755
--- a/debian/fail2ban.init
+++ b/debian/fail2ban.init
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ do_start()
 		DAEMON_ARGS="$DAEMON_ARGS -x"
 	fi
 
+	# Assure that /var/run/fail2ban exists
+	[ -d /var/run/fail2ban ] || mkdir -p /var/run/fail2ban
+
 	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid root --exec $DAEMON -- \
 		$DAEMON_ARGS start > /dev/null\
 		|| return 2