On Thursday 30 August 2007 14:18, you wrote:
We're going to need some more info than that, perhaps your
/var/log/messages errors?
Joel
I cannot see anything in the logs that say anything about snort errors, it
seems to start up ok, then just drops off,
starting snort:
................
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6486]: Rule application order:
activation->dynamic->pass->drop->alert->log
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6486]: Log directory = /var/log/snort
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6486]: 9 out of 512 flowbits in use.
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: audit(1188480541.675:7): dev=eth0 prom=256
old_prom=0 auid=4294967295
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: audit(1188480541.691:8): dev=eth0 prom=0
old_prom=256 auid=4294967295
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6486]: Initializing daemon mode
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 kernel: audit(1188480541.707:9): dev=eth0 prom=256
old_prom=0 auid=4294967295
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6489]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID
path set to /var/run/
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6489]: Writing PID "6489" to
file "/var/run//snort_eth0.pid"
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6486]: Daemon parent exiting
Aug 30 14:29:01 server50896 snort[6489]: Daemon initialized, signaled parent
pid: 6486
Aug 30 14:29:02 server50896 snort[6489]: Preprocessor/Decoder Rule Count: 0
Aug 30 14:29:02 server50896 snort[6489]: Snort initialization completed
successfully (pid=6489)
Aug 30 14:29:02 server50896 snort[6489]: Not Using PCAP_FRAMES
then snort quits:
Aug 30 14:31:11 server50896 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Aug 30 14:31:11 server50896 kernel: audit(1188480671.107:10): dev=eth0 prom=0
old_prom=256 auid=4294967295
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