openSUSE Recommended Update: fail2ban: starts again if fail2ban.sock exists ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2012:0225-1 Rating: low References: #537239 #730044 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed. Description: This update fixes the following issue for Fail2ban: - Fail2ban doesn't start if fail2ban.sock exists (bnc #730044, bnc #537239). Special Instructions and Notes: Please reboot the system after installing this update.This update triggers a restart of the software management stack. More updates will be available for installation after applying this update and restarting the application. This update triggers a restart of the software management stack. More updates will be available for installation after applying this update and restarting the application. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch fail2ban-5492 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch): fail2ban-0.8.4-11.14.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/537239 https://bugzilla.novell.com/730044