Your regex doesn't look like it would match. If <HOST> is substituted for your hostname that part of the regex would need to be before the unknown user part On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 2:51 AM Maykel Franco via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I have this rule: > > jail.conf: > > [app-user] > enabled = true > port = 443 > filter = user-app > logpath = /var/log/user-app.log > findtime = 1200 > bantime = 480 > maxretry = 3 > > ------------------------------- > > filter.d: > > user-app.conf > > > [Definition] > > failregex = Unknown User .* \(<HOST>:.*\) > > ignoreregex = > > ------------------------------- > > The content is logfile test /var/log/user-app.log: > > [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > > ------------------------------- > > And when test it, not working: > > fail2ban-regex /var/log/user-app.log /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/user-app.conf > > Running tests > ============= > > Use failregex filter file : user-app, basedir: /etc/fail2ban > Use log file : user-app.conf > Use encoding : UTF-8 > > > Results > ======= > > Failregex: 0 total > > Ignoreregex: 0 total > > Date template hits: > |- [# of hits] date format > | [6] {^LN-BEG}24hour:Minute:Second > `- > > Lines: 6 lines, 0 ignored, 0 matched, 6 missed > [processed in 0.02 sec] > > |- Missed line(s): > | [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > | [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > | [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > | [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > | [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > | [12:48:35.315] Server1: Unknown User 'test' (109.103.148.2) > > Whats wrong? Maybe the left timestamp? > > Thanks in advanced. >