Re: Snort PID in /var/log/messages

[sekure <sekure () gmail com>]

That's not really what I am asking...

When snort daemonizes itself it logs its startup messages to syslog,
which then end up in /var/log/messages or whatever you designate. 
Usually, most daemons include the process id with every message to
syslog.  Snort hasn't been.  Example:

Dec  1 11:35:30 hostname snort: Initializing daemon mode
Dec  1 11:35:30 hostname snort: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path
set to /var/run/
Dec  1 11:35:30 hostname snort: Writing PID "17944" to file
"/var/run//snort_eth3.pid"
Dec  1 11:35:31 hostname barnyard[17945]: Initializing daemon mode

Notice how there is the PID of the barnyard process in the braces, but
not of snort.  I have 3 snort instances running on one machine, and as
a result i have no way of knowing which one daemon logs which
messages.




On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:53:27 -0500, Tom Baker <tbaker () accessway net> wrote:
> You will see the line:
>
> Nov 29 12:07:14 ogre snort: Writing PID "YOUR PID HERE" to file
> "/var/run//snort_fxp0.pid"
>
> -T
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net
> [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of sekure
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:41 AM
> To: Snort
> Subject: [Snort-users] Snort PID in /var/log/messages
>
> Can someone please do a quick check and see if the PID of snort is
> recorded in /var/log/messages or wherever snort logs it's startup
> information.  For some reason snort is the only process on my machine
> that does NOT log it's PID to syslog.  I've seen this in 2.2 and now
> in 2.3RC1.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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