http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917818 Bug ID: 917818 Summary: fail2ban can not use systemd-journal to ban ips Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: 13.2 Hardware: x86-64 OS: openSUSE 13.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Security Assignee: security-team@suse.de Reporter: robin.roth@kit.edu QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:35.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/35.0 Build Identifier: The fail2ban version availbale with openSuSE 13.2 is not capable of parsing the systemd-journal. Therefore an existing 13.1 configuration that bans ip's based on failed logins will not work when upgrading to 13.2 (fail2ban fails to start saying /var/log/messages does not exist). This essentially disables the security provided by fail2ban against brute-force attacks. Reproducible: Always -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.