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Error when starting fail2ban if sshd enabled

networking sshd fail2ban

forum:yohmer 7 years, 1 month ago

I made a copy of jail.conf to jail.local. In which I uncomment the line to enable sshd:

#[sshd]
enabled = true

When I reload fail2ban I get the following error:

[xxx@xxxxxxxx ~]# fail2ban-client reload
ERROR  Failed during configuration: File contains no section headers.
file: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local, line: 24
'enabled = true\n'

I have looked 2 hours on internet without finding out why I get this error.

Any help will be very apreciate.

2 Replies

Pademelon 7 years, 1 month ago

I don't use fail2ban, but

[sshd]

is usually a comment.

Try just

[sshd]

forum:yohmer 7 years, 1 month ago

Thanks! and so simple!!! a shame.

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