--- fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py.orig 2015-09-29 09:37:10.000000000 +0200 +++ fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py 2015-09-29 09:37:45.000000000 +0200 @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ logSys.error("Unable to get stat on %s because of: %s" % (filename, e)) self.__file404Cnt[filename] += 1 - if self.__file404Cnt[filename] > 2: + if self.__file404Cnt[filename] > 20: logSys.warning("Too many errors. Setting the jail idle") if self.jail is not None: self.jail.idle = True