Re: Multiple Snort Instances With Identical Interfaces In Daemon

[Joel Esler <jesler () sourcefire com>]

Okay, so a config pid-path: is the request I am hearing?

Joel

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Martin Holste <mcholste () gmail com> wrote:

> +1
> I hate having to use --pid-path as it forces me to wrap everything in
> shell scripts.  Being able to specify an exact PID file would be
> stellar.
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Eoin Miller
> <eoin.miller () trojanedbinaries com> wrote:
> > Noticing some weirdness with Snort 2.9.0.5 when you run multiple
> > instances of it reading from the same interface in daemon mode. It
> > appears that a collision of the PID files causes all other instances to
> > exit without notifying the user when you are starting it. If you do not
> > fork the processes, they will all run without issue. Users can get
> > around the daemonized processes disappearing by using the --pid-path
> > option and passing it to the binary on startup.
> >
> > Anyone know if there is a way to specify --pid-path within the conf
> > file? I much prefer passing everything that way if possible.
> >
> > -- Eoin
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