diff -up fail2ban-0.8.11/config/fail2ban.conf.log2syslog fail2ban-0.8.11/config/fail2ban.conf
--- fail2ban-0.8.11/config/fail2ban.conf.log2syslog	2013-11-25 18:23:28.627391472 +0100
+++ fail2ban-0.8.11/config/fail2ban.conf	2013-11-25 18:24:57.633978793 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ loglevel = 3
 #         (e.g. /etc/logrotate.d/fail2ban on Debian systems)
 # Values: [ STDOUT | STDERR | SYSLOG | FILE ]  Default: STDERR
 #
-logtarget = /var/log/fail2ban.log
+logtarget = SYSLOG
 
 # Option: socket
 # Notes.: Set the socket file. This is used to communicate with the daemon. Do