The rc.d script evaluates fail2ban_pidfile before rc.conf is read. This change moves those evaluations to the corect place allowing users to override the values via /etc/rc.conf as expected. PR: 236017 Reported by: <epopen gmail com>, Dmitry Wagin <dmitry.wagin ya ru> Submitted by: <theis gmx at> (maintainer) MFH: 2019Q2