From 5f1eace6654b5427b9e1a2879f35641d5ed477a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Fetka <mario.fetka@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:25:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rin as root and correct validator

---
 debian/fail2ban-p2p.service | 6 +++---
 fail2ban-p2p/validators.py  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/fail2ban-p2p.service b/debian/fail2ban-p2p.service
index 671ac2f..f247637 100644
--- a/debian/fail2ban-p2p.service
+++ b/debian/fail2ban-p2p.service
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-User=fail2ban-p2p
-Group=fail2ban-p2p
+User=root
+Group=root
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/fail2ban-p2p
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/fail2ban-p2p/fail2ban-p2p.py -c /etc/fail2ban-p2p $DAEMON_OPTS
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/fail2ban-p2p.py -c /etc/fail2ban-p2p $DAEMON_OPTS
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5s
 NoNewPrivileges=true
diff --git a/fail2ban-p2p/validators.py b/fail2ban-p2p/validators.py
index 0ef0200..30258a8 100644
--- a/fail2ban-p2p/validators.py
+++ b/fail2ban-p2p/validators.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def isIPv4address(str):
     '''
 
     try:
-        reIPv4 = "(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$"
+        reIPv4 = r"(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$"
         if re.match(reIPv4, str):
             return True
         else: