# Fail2ban not working

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/fail2ban-not-working/4517
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [7 October 2020 08:11 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/fail2ban-not-working/4517 "2020-10-07T08:11:25Z")
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#### Post date: [7 October 2020 08:11 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/fail2ban-not-working/4517/1 "2020-10-07T08:11:25Z")

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I made a new installation with RealVCN, fail2ban, samba, nextcloud, rpi-monitor and chromium. I checked today if fail2ban is even working and that’s what I’ve got:

```nohighlight
dietpi@DietPi:~$ fail2ban-client status dropbear
 Failed to access socket path: /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock. Is fail2ban running?

```

I checked the path _/var/run/fail2ban_ and there is no file/folder fail2ban.sock

Anyone knows where is the problem?

Thank you in advance

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