diff -ruN sguil-0.9.0/sensor/log_packets-sancp.sh sguil-0.9.0-gentoo/sensor/log_packets-sancp.sh
--- sguil-0.9.0/sensor/log_packets-sancp.sh	2014-03-29 01:41:36.000000000 +0100
+++ sguil-0.9.0-gentoo/sensor/log_packets-sancp.sh	2016-06-15 00:04:22.585289512 +0200
@@ -27,25 +27,15 @@
 #                                                                         #
 ###########################################################################
 
-# Edit these for your setup
+# get user config
+source /etc/conf.d/log_packets
 
-# Sensors hostname.
-# Note: If running multiple snort instances, then this must be different
-#       for each instance (ie sensor1, sensor2, sensor-eth0, sensor-eth1, etc)
-HOSTNAME="myhost"
-# Path to logger binary
-LOGGER_PATH="/usr/local/sancp-1.6.2-candidate.C.6/bin/sancp"
-# Directory to log pcap data to (date dirs will be created in here)
-# Note: The path $HOSTNAME/dailylogs, will be appended to this.
-LOG_DIR="/snort_data"
-# Percentage of disk to try and maintain
-MAX_DISK_USE=95
-# Interface to 'listen' to.
-INTERFACE="eth0"
+# conf.d uses different var name, we map this here for backwards comapt
+INTERFACE="${IFACE}"
 # Other options to use when starting snort
 OPTIONS=""
-# Where to store the pid
-PIDFILE="/var/run/sancp_log-${HOSTNAME}.pid"
+# Path to logger binary
+LOGGER_PATH="/usr/bin/sancp"
 # How do we run ps
 PS="ps awx"
 # Where is grep
@@ -89,9 +79,9 @@
       chmod 777 $LOG_DIR/$today
     fi
     if [ -n "$FILTER" ]; then
-      eval exec $LOGGER_PATH $OPTIONS -d $LOG_DIR/$today -i $INTERFACE -c $CONFIG_FILE -B $FILTER > /tmp/snort.log 2>&1 &
+      eval exec $LOGGER_PATH $OPTIONS -d $LOG_DIR/$today -i $INTERFACE -c $CONFIG_FILE -B "${FILTER}" &
     else
-      eval exec $LOGGER_PATH $OPTIONS -d $LOG_DIR/$today -i $INTERFACE -c $CONFIG_FILE > /tmp/snort.log 2>&1 &
+      eval exec $LOGGER_PATH $OPTIONS -d $LOG_DIR/$today -i $INTERFACE -c $CONFIG_FILE &
     fi
     PID=$!
     if [ $? = 0 ]; then
diff -ruN sguil-0.9.0/sensor/log_packets.sh sguil-0.9.0-gentoo/sensor/log_packets.sh
--- sguil-0.9.0/sensor/log_packets.sh	2014-03-29 01:41:36.000000000 +0100
+++ sguil-0.9.0-gentoo/sensor/log_packets.sh	2016-06-15 00:04:12.135961556 +0200
@@ -22,26 +22,15 @@
 #                                                            #
 ##############################################################
 
+# get user config
+source /etc/conf.d/log_packets
 
-# Edit these for your setup
-
-# Sensors hostname.
-# Note: If running multiple snort instances, then this must be different
-#       for each instance (ie sensor1, sensor2, sensor-eth0, sensor-eth1, etc)
-HOSTNAME="myhost"
+# conf.d uses different var name, we map this here for backwards comapt
+INTERFACE="${IFACE}"
+# tell snort where to find DAQ libs
+OPTIONS="${OPTIONS} --daq-dir /usr/lib/daq"
 # Path to snort binary
-SNORT_PATH="/usr/local/bin/snort"
-# Directory to log pcap data to (date dirs will be created in here)
-# Note: The path $HOSTNAME/dailylogs, will be appended to this.
-LOG_DIR="/snort_data"
-# Percentage of disk to try and maintain
-MAX_DISK_USE=90
-# Interface to 'listen' to.
-INTERFACE="eth0"
-# Other options to use when starting snort
-#OPTIONS="-u sguil -g sguil -m 122"
-# Where to store the pid
-PIDFILE="/var/run/snort_log-${HOSTNAME}.pid"
+SNORT_PATH="/usr/bin/snort"
 # How do we run ps
 PS="ps awx"
 # Where is grep
@@ -83,9 +72,9 @@
       chmod 777 $LOG_DIR/$today
     fi
     if [ -n "$FILTER" ]; then
-      eval exec $SNORT_PATH $OPTIONS -l $LOG_DIR/$today -b -i $INTERFACE $FILTER > /tmp/snort.log 2>&1 &
+      eval exec $SNORT_PATH $OPTIONS -l $LOG_DIR/$today -b -i $INTERFACE $FILTER &
     else
-      eval exec $SNORT_PATH $OPTIONS -l $LOG_DIR/$today -b -i $INTERFACE > /tmp/snort.log 2>&1 &
+      eval exec $SNORT_PATH $OPTIONS -l $LOG_DIR/$today -b -i $INTERFACE &
     fi
     PID=$!
     if [ $? = 0 ]; then