How to Install and Uninstall fail2ban Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "fail2ban" package

Please follow the instructions below to install fail2ban on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fail2ban" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fail2ban on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                fail2ban
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fail2ban package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package fail2ban:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : fail2ban
Version : 1.0.2-3.1
Arch : noarch
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.7 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : fail2ban-1.0.2-3.1.src
Upstream URL : https://www.fail2ban.org/
Summary : Bans IP addresses that make too many authentication failures
Description :
Fail2ban scans log files like /var/log/messages and bans IP
addresses that makes too many password failures. It updates firewall rules to
reject the IP address, can send e-mails, or set host.deny entries. These rules
can be defined by the user. Fail2Ban can read multiple log files such as sshd
or Apache web server ones.