Re: cannot start snort service

["Donnie Green Jr" <d_greenjr () hotmail com>]

It works without the /24 from command line...the problem has something to do
with the startup config /etc/rc.d/init.d/snort.  I just can't figure out
what it is.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Potts, Ross A." <RPOTTS () NORTHROPGRUMMAN COM>
To: "'Donnie Green'" <d_greenjr () hotmail com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Snort-users] cannot start snort service


> Just for giggles try a /24 at the end of eth0
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donnie Green [mailto:d_greenjr () hotmail com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:22 AM
> To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: [Snort-users] cannot start snort service
>
>
> Problem Description:
> When I attempt to start the service using the command "service snort
start"
> I get the following error:
>
> Starting Intrusion Database System: SNORT
> /etc/init.d/snort: pidof: command not found
>
> 1) I am running snort-1.9.1 on RH8.0
> 2) Default init is 5
> 3) /etc/init.d/snort linked to /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S11snort
> 4) snort exec: /usr/local/bin/snort
> 5) snort.conf: /usr/local/snort/etc/snort.conf
>
> Additional Information:
> I am successful in starting snort from the command line using
> /usr/local/bin/snort -c /usr/local/snort/etc/snort.conf -i eth0
>
> Configuration Files:
>
> /etc/init.d/snort (which has a symbolic link to S11snort in rc5.d)
> #!/bin/bash
> # $Id: S99snort,v 1.1 2001/12/18 22:14:37 cazz Exp $
> # /etc/init.d/snort : start or stop the SNORT Intrusion Database System
> #
> # Written by Lukasz Szmit <ptashek () scg gliwice pl>
> #
> # Configuration
>
> # set config file & path to snort executable
> SNORT_PATH=/usr/local/bin
> CONFIG=/usr/local/snort/etc/snort.conf
>
> # set interface
> IFACE=eth0
>
> # set GID/Group Name
> SNORT_GID=nid
>
> # other options
> OPTIONS="-D"
>
> # End of configuration
>
>
> test -x $SNORT_PATH/snort || exit 0
>
> case "$1" in
>       start)
>          echo "Starting Intrusion Database System: SNORT"
>          $SNORT_PATH/snort -c $CONFIG -i $IFACE -g $SNORT_GID $OPTIONS
>          if [ "`pidof $SNORT_PATH/snort`" ]; then
>                  echo "SNORT is up and running!"
>          else
>                  exit 0
> .......skipping.....
>
>
>
>
>
>
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