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      serialdie
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      Is there a way to create a cronjob that can start and stop snort at a given time?
      I have been able to do this under command line scripting but the service tab shows the snort service as not running. I want to be able to see when the snort service is  running and when it stop.

      Thank You!

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        serialdie
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        Bump… Any body?

        Thank You!

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          serialdie
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          WoW nobody?

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            cybrsrfr
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            You have two choices use Cron or a package I created that runs PHP as a service the package is called PHPService allowing you to run any php code as a service. Or there is also a there is a cron wrapper package to make cron easier to use.

            Snort startup script should be found in the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ directory most likely called snort.sh you should be able to use that to start and stop snort. You could then use PHP to determine the time to start/stop or use the Cron package to do the same.

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              serialdie
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              mcrane Thanks!

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                serialdie
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                mcrane,

                snort.sh seems to not start the service… I run snort.sh and it dies right after 1min or so....

                Any ideas?

                TIA!

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                  cybrsrfr
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                  Try it this way.

                  To start snort:
                  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh start

                  To stop snort:
                  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh stop

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                    serialdie
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                    Thats how I have it but it fails to start snort.

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