Re: pid file, how do I create one?

[Michael Anderson <mca () arlut utexas edu>]

I believe the pid file only gets created when you run snort in daemon mode (i.e. with the -D flag).

-Mike

Vadim Pushkin wrote:

> Nope, it does not exist :) That was the first place I looked.
>  >From: "Jeff Dell"
> > To: "'Vadim Pushkin'" ,
> > Subject: RE: [Snort-users] pid file, how do I create one?
> > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:13:29 -0400
> >
> > You should see a pid file created in /var/run that has a format of
> > snort_.pid. When you startup snort on eth0, it will be called
> > /var/run/snort_eth0.pid
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net
> > > [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of
> > > Vadim Pushkin
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 8:23 AM
> > > To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > > Subject: [Snort-users] pid file, how do I create one?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > I would like to create a pid file upon startup of snort but I
> > > do not see an option for this, or am I missing something?
> > > I've also looked at the configure options when I built it but
> > > saw nothing there as well.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > -mike
> > >
> > >
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