Re: Snort does not deamonize

[Todd Wease <twease () sourcefire com>]

On 01/28/2010 04:15 AM, Helmut Schneider wrote:
> > --On January 27, 2010 9:30:36 AM -0600 Helmut Schneider<jumper99 () gmx de>
> > wrote:
> > > since 2.8.5.1 I have a problem with snort, after startup on FreeBSD 8.0
> > > it
> > > does not deamonize. The startup command is
> > >
> > > /usr/local/bin/snort -Dyq -F /usr/local/etc/snort/filter.conf -u nobody
> > > -g
> > > nobody -t /var/snort -l /var/snort/var/log -i xl0 -c
> > > /usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf
> >
> > Your problem is here - -Dyq.  You cannot combine the -D (daemonize) switch
> > with other switches.  Change it to -D -yq.  (You may also have to separate
> > the -y and -q switches.  I don't know because I haven't tested that.)
>
> Wow, what gave you that idea?! Was that introduced with 2.8.5(.1)? It
> definitely worked before.
>
> Thanks, Helmut

This indeed was introduced in 2.8.5.  And the workaround is in fact to 
specify the daemon flag by itself.  A bug has been created for this.  
Thanks for the report.


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