#!/bin/sh case "$1" in start) printf "Starting fail2ban: " start-stop-daemon -S -q -m -p /var/run/fail2ban.pid \ -b -x fail2ban-server -- -xf start [ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL" ;; stop) printf "Stopping fail2ban: " start-stop-daemon -K -q -p /var/run/fail2ban.pid [ $? = 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL" ;; restart) "$0" stop sleep 1 "$0" start ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}" ;; esac