How To Install fail2ban-sendmail on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fail2ban-sendmail in Fedora 36. fail2ban-sendmail is Sendmail actions for Fail2Ban

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fail2ban-sendmail on Fedora 36.

What is `fail2ban-sendmail`

This package installs Fail2Ban’s sendmail actions. This is the default mail actions for Fail2Ban.

We can use yum or dnf to install fail2ban-sendmail on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fail2ban-sendmail.

Install fail2ban-sendmail on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fail2ban-sendmail using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fail2ban-sendmail

Install fail2ban-sendmail on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fail2ban-sendmail using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fail2ban-sendmail

How To Uninstall fail2ban-sendmail on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fail2ban-sendmail package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fail2ban-sendmail

fail2ban-sendmail Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-buffered.conf
/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-common.conf
/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-geoip-lines.conf
/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-whois-ipjailmatches.conf
/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-whois-ipmatches.conf
/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-whois-lines.conf
/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-whois-matches.conf
/etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-whois.conf

References

fail2ban-sendmail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fail2ban-sendmail on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).