dummy -- rename file

.gitignore

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 ### Ignore .vscode settings
-.vscode/
+.vscode/*

f2b-config.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#######
+### Copy customized jails, filters and action configuration files to fail2ban
+### directory and activate them
+#######
+
+
+### set script output colours
+normal="\e[0m"
+bold="\e[1m"
+default="\e[39m"
+err="\e[1;31m"
+warn="\e[1;93m"
+ok="\e[32m"
+lit="\e[93m"
+op="\e[39m"
+info="\e[96m"
+note="\e[95m"
+
+
+### functions
+
+### end of functions
+
+
+### pre-requisites
+# exit script if fail2ban is not installed
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v fail2ban-client)" ]; then
+    echo
+    echo -e "${err}Cannot find fail2ban, is it installed? Exiting script." \
+        "${normal}"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if running as root
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo
+    echo -e "${err}This script MUST be run as ROOT. Exiting.${normal}"
+    echo
+    exit 2
+fi
+