Bug 123169 – snort init script should use --pidfile in start

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Eric Brown 2006-02-17 07:28:06 UTC]

We already have a pid file specified in stop(), so the start function should also use it.  An added benefit of this approach is that this also makes the init scripts work when you run multiple instances of snort.  Here's what the start function should look like:

start() {
    checkconfig || return 1
    ebegin "Starting snort"
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/bin/snort --pidfile {$PIDFILE} \
        -- ${SNORT_OPTS} >/dev/null 2>&1
    eend $?
}

[Comment 1 Marcelo Goes (RETIRED) 2006-02-17 08:22:23 UTC]

Thanks, added in 2.4.3-r2.