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December 2023

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Why are all wiki edits undone?
by David C. Rankin 08 Dec '23

08 Dec '23

Arch Devs, This has been a growing problem over the years. We no longer have a community wiki, we have a wiki that reverts user contribution and continues to deteriorate as a result. Attempting to contribute today to the postgresql page and all additions were undone again by user:Erus Iluvatar. Instead of providing concise information on how to initialize postgresql the wiki instead of providing the example of using the heretofore recommended sudo -iu postgres to reach the postgres prompt instead refers wiki readers to a non-specific web page for them to figure it out for themselves. ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications/Security#Privilege_el…) This is unhelpful. The simple example contributed: (example: sudo -iu postgres) was summarily removed. If Arch no longer wants community contributions to the wiki just make that a policy so we don't waste time anymore attempting to contribute. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Why does fail2ban-client show no jails?
by David C. Rankin 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

All, I've configured fail2ban following the wiki, it is running, and I've enabled jails in /etc/fail2ban/jails.local, but fail2ban-client status shows no jails. The jails.local is: [DEFAULT] destemail = david(a)domain.tld sender = david(a)domain.tld # to ban & send an e-mail with whois report to the destemail. #action = %(action_mw)s # same as action_mw but also send relevant log lines action = %(action_mwl)s [DEFAULT] bantime = 2d [sshd] enable = true port = ssh,6661 [dovecot] enable = true [postfix] enable = true [smtpd] enable = true Running fail2ban-client status shows: # fail2ban-client status Status |- Number of jail: 0 `- Jail list: Reading other fail2ban configuration howtos, suggest I should be seeing the enabled jails. Is there something else I need to do on Arch? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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