The following reply was made to PR ports/164659; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: ports/164659: fail2ban overwrite config files
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:27:58 +0100
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what do you think about the attached patch?
That should make clear how to configure and prevent the overwrite of the
config file with an update.
Bye
Matthias
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diff -urN py-fail2ban.old/Makefile py-fail2ban/Makefile
--- py-fail2ban.old/Makefile 2012-01-31 12:19:28.247134384 +0100
+++ py-fail2ban/Makefile 2012-01-31 12:13:04.901139503 +0100
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
USE_PYDISTUTILS= yes
USE_RC_SUBR= fail2ban
+SUB_FILES= pkg-message
SUB_LIST+= PYTHON_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD}
PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS+= --install-purelib=${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} \
@@ -38,4 +39,7 @@
post-patch:
@${ECHO_CMD} ${FILES} | ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/etc/fail2ban,${ETCDIR},g'
+post-install:
+ @${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
+
.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff -urN py-fail2ban.old/files/pkg-message.in py-fail2ban/files/pkg-message.in
--- py-fail2ban.old/files/pkg-message.in 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ py-fail2ban/files/pkg-message.in 2012-01-31 12:18:31.331132519 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+To complete the configuration:
+
+1. Copy the standard config file to a local one:
+ cp %%ETCDIR%%/jail.conf %%ETCDIR%%/jail.local
+
+2. Add new jails in the jail.local, e.g. for ssh:
+[ssh-pf]
+enabled = true
+filter = bsd-sshd
+action = pf[name=SSH, port=ssh, protocol=tcp]
+logpath = /var/log/auth.log
+
+3. Enable fail2ban
+ Edit /etc/rc.conf to enable it.
+
+4. Start it
+ Use the start script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fail2ban start
+
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