Reply To: Fail2Ban not finding ssh log file

[Shikkediel]

So I found this, apparently it’s still a bit tricky and somewhat of a minor bug now that systemd is default on (most?) linux versions :

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770171

It’s having trouble finding the correct journalmatch…
Most of the stuff you can google is from a ‘past’ era. Apart from new system defaults, Fail2Ban also had a major overhaul.

:-/