[Snort-users] Snort does not deamonize
Helmut Schneider
jumper99 at ...348...
Thu Jan 28 04:15:22 EST 2010
> --On January 27, 2010 9:30:36 AM -0600 Helmut Schneider <jumper99 at ...348...>
> 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
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