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    • T Offline
      ToxIcon
      last edited by

      Snort 2.8.4.1 pkg v. 1.4

      I am getting this error in snort 
      snort[1824]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em0.pid" for PID "1824"
      snort[1824]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em0.pid" for PID "1824"

      and its not showing any alert or blocking

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        Hugovsky
        last edited by

        Try to hit save on snort-> settings. It should reload fine.

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          serialdie
          last edited by

          @ToxIcon:

          Snort 2.8.4.1 pkg v. 1.4

          I am getting this error in snort   
          snort[1824]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em0.pid" for PID "1824"
          snort[1824]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em0.pid" for PID "1824"

          and its not showing any alert or blocking

          You should update to v 1.5

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            jamesdean
            last edited by

            Serialdie and Toxicon what version of PFsense are you using.

            Make sure snort2c is running if you want to block hosts.

            James

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