Re: Why does the Snort process stop?

[beenph <beenph () gmail com>]

I would recommend you to use screen (the program)
and start both process in console so that you can see what is happening.



On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Atkins, Dwane P <ATKINSD () uthscsa edu> wrote:
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Yesterday it the Snort process lasted almost 12 hours.  Before it was almost
> 48.
>
> If there a place where I can go look at why it quit?  I saw one instance in
> my /var/log/messages where the interface enters promiscuous mode and then
> leave it.
>
>
>
> Where do I start?  I have this on a Dell PowerEdge 2800 so it has enough
> processor.  What about memory requirements?  What is the minimum for an
> intensive packet sniff?
>
>
>
> Can I append a troubleshooting log to a file so I can see what is
> happening?
>
>
>
> Thank you all for your help
>
> Dwane
>
>
>
>
>
> ps -ef | grep snort
>
> root      1561  1415  0 Jan21 ?        00:41:07 /usr/local/bin/barnyard2 -c
> /usr/local/snort/etc/barnyard2.conf -G /usr/local/snort/etc/gen-msg.map -S
> /usr/local/snort/etc/sid-msg.map -d /var/log/snort -f snort.u2 -w
> /var/log/snort/barnyard2.waldo
>
> dubay     5231  5198  0 08:13 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto snort
>
> dubay@Wilbur:/var/log/snort$ more /etc/rc.local
>
> #!/bin/sh -e
>
> #
>
> # rc.local
>
> #
>
> # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
>
> # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
>
> # value on error.
>
> #
>
> # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
>
> # bits.
>
> #
>
> # By default this script does nothing.
>
> # configured to bring up eth1 on reboot
>
> ifconfig eth1 up
>
> # configured to bring up snort
>
> /usr/local/snort/bin/snort -D -u snort -g snort -c
> /usr/local/snort/etc/snort.conf -i eth1
>
> # configured to bring up barnyard2 on reboot
>
> /usr/local/bin/barnyard2 -c /usr/local/snort/etc/barnyard2.conf -G
> /usr/local/snort/etc/gen-msg.map -S /usr/local/snort/etc/sid-msg.map -d
> /var/log/snort -f snort.u2 -w /var/log/snort/barny
>
> ard2.waldo
>
> exit 0
>
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