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Problem daemonizing snort v2.6.0.2 on FreeBSD 6.1


Posted by yirdis on November 02, 2006 05:23:03

I have just upgraded my server from FreeBSD 5.4 to FreeBSD 6.1 with success.
Then I started to recompile Snort (due to libpthread library). But When I try to start Snort in daemon mode, it won't fork the process. It just hangs.. (the process that is...)
When I check the bpfstat status, I see two processes and dropping packets...

pid netif flags recv drop match sblen hblen command
24057 ste6 p--s- 4494 375 4494 52029 0 snort
24056 ste6 p--s- 4524 342 4524 2738897 0 snort

Anybody any idea what it is? Or what is can be?



Posted by snort_sport on February 19, 2008 20:20:24

did you cvsup the latest port for 6.x release?
Recompiled dependencies? Check and see if linux compat should be enabled for pthreads.