Re: PID file

[Nick Kraal <nick () arc net my>]

Andrew,

Look excellent!! Thanks for the pointer.

-nick/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew R. Baker" <andrewb () snort org>
To: "Nick Kraal" <nick () arc net my>
Cc: "Alberto Gonzalez" <ag-snort () cerebro violating us>;
<snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] PID file


> Nick Kraal wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> > I am using the following command to run the process as daemon:
> > /usr/local/bin/snort -di eth1 -h 192.168.100.0/24 -l /var/log/snort -c
> > /etc/snort/snort.conf -s -D
> >
> > But it looks like Snort runs but does not seem to be running as daemon
in
> > the background. I can see the process run from the "ps -ef" output and
get
> > the following output and just sits there and no pid file is created.
>
> IIRC, Snort 1.9.0 for UNIX has a known bug regarding the "-s" option.
> Basically, you need to add a fake argument after it.  In the above
> commandline, the "-D" option that would be used to indicate daemon mode
> is getting taken as the argument to "-s".  Either upgrade to latest
> Snort from the 1.9 branch in CVS or change you command to:
>
> /usr/local/bin/snort -di eth1 -h 192.168.100.0/24 -l /var/log/snort -c
> /etc/snort/snort.conf -s foo -D
>
>
> -A
>
>
>
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