From 39b0665efe603d6cbb994d52f9f3dbfef1c06949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lostcontrol <lostcontrol@a942ae1a-1317-0410-a47c-b1dcaea8d605>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:22:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] - Fixed bug with the "socket" option

git-svn-id: https://fail2ban.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fail2ban/trunk@475 a942ae1a-1317-0410-a47c-b1dcaea8d605
---
 CHANGELOG       |  2 ++
 fail2ban-client | 12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e0bbf79e..11888001 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ ver. 0.7.5 (2006/??/??) - ???
   and supported
 - Fixed exception when calling fail2ban-server with unknown
   option
+- Fixed Debian bug 400162. The "socket" option is now handled
+  correctly by fail2ban-client
 
 ver. 0.7.4 (2006/11/01) - beta
 ----------
diff --git a/fail2ban-client b/fail2ban-client
index c3f2fdec..0cc9112e 100755
--- a/fail2ban-client
+++ b/fail2ban-client
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ class Fail2banClient:
 				logSys.error("Server already running")
 				return False
 			else:
-				self.__startServerAsync(self.__conf["force"])
+				self.__startServerAsync(self.__conf["socket"],
+										self.__conf["force"])
 				# Read the config while the server is starting
 				self.__readConfig()
 				try:
@@ -199,14 +200,19 @@ class Fail2banClient:
 	#
 	# Start the Fail2ban server in daemon mode.
 	
-	def __startServerAsync(self, force = False):
+	def __startServerAsync(self, socket, force = False):
 		args = list()
 		
 		args.append("fail2ban-server")
+		# Start in background mode.
 		args.append("-b")
+		# Set the socket path.
+		args.append("-s")
+		args.append(socket)
+		# Force the execution if needed.
 		if force:
 			args.append("-x")
-		
+		print args
 		pid = os.fork()
 		if pid == 0:
 			try: