Bug 2399981

Summary: systemd unit is broken
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dennis Gilmore <dennis>
Component: fail2banAssignee: Richard Shaw <hobbes1069>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 43CC: anon.amish, hobbes1069, orion, vk2bea
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: fail2ban-1.1.0-13.fc44 fail2ban-1.1.0-13.fc43 Doc Type: ---
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2025-10-11 15:27:42 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description Dennis Gilmore 2025-09-28 16:22:22 UTC
fail2ban-1.1.0-12.fc43.noarch has broken systemd unit files.  the binaries listed are pointing to locations in the build environment

ExecStart=build/bdist.linux-aarch64/wheel/fail2ban-1.1.0.data/scripts/fail2ban-server -xf start
# if should be logged in systemd journal, use following line or set logtarget to sysout in fail2ban.local
# ExecStart=build/bdist.linux-aarch64/wheel/fail2ban-1.1.0.data/scripts/fail2ban-server -xf --logtarget=sysout start
ExecStop=build/bdist.linux-aarch64/wheel/fail2ban-1.1.0.data/scripts/fail2ban-client stop
ExecReload=build/bdist.linux-aarch64/wheel/fail2ban-1.1.0.data/scripts/fail2ban-client reload


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. update system
2.fail2ban stops running
3.

Comment 1 Orion Poplawski 2025-10-10 03:08:28 UTC
*** Bug 2402614 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Orion Poplawski 2025-10-10 03:38:02 UTC
Proposed fix here: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fail2ban/pull-request/12

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-10-11 11:06:58 UTC
FEDORA-2025-16dbe3ba6c (fail2ban-1.1.0-13.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-16dbe3ba6c

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-10-11 11:28:34 UTC
FEDORA-2025-b06885d87f (fail2ban-1.1.0-13.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-b06885d87f

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-10-11 15:27:42 UTC
FEDORA-2025-16dbe3ba6c (fail2ban-1.1.0-13.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-10-12 01:29:07 UTC
FEDORA-2025-b06885d87f has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-b06885d87f`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-b06885d87f

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-10-25 21:06:50 UTC
FEDORA-2025-b06885d87f (fail2ban-1.1.0-13.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.