WP_FAIL2BAN_USE_LOG_AUTH

Use LOG_AUTH instead of LOG_AUTHPRIV.

WP_FAIL2BAN_USE_LOG_AUTH ::= true | false | LOG_LOCAL0..LOG_LOCAL7

Default setting: false

Specifies whether to use LOG_AUTH instead of LOG_AUTHPRIV as the default syslog facility for authentication events. Some older and/or more esoteric systems do not understand LOG_AUTHPRIV, but this cannot be reliably detected at runtime. In such cases, you should set this to true.

Example: Use LOG_AUTH

/**
 * Use LOG_AUTH instead of LOG_AUTHPRIV
 */
define('WP_FAIL2BAN_USE_LOG_AUTH', true);

You can also map this to a different facility:

Example: Use LOG_LOCAL5

/**
 * Use LOG_LOCAL5 instead of LOG_AUTHPRIV
 */
define('WP_FAIL2BAN_USE_LOG_AUTH', LOG_LOCAL5);

Note

This only affects the default facility - it does not override facilities specified by other constants.

Attention

You must define this in wp-config.php even if you are using the Premium flavour of WPf2b.