See man bash for full documentation. I always find what i want in that document.
If you're using bash as shell then you may want to edit ~/.bashrc file. It runs when you login. And a file named (rc.local) , i think in /etc/, which runs at system startup. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Madhavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 30 November 2001, Friday 20:28 Subject: RE: Snort/Hogwash help > Thanks for your help, and I fully realise that in the man page there is an > entry about running Snort in Daemon mode. The point is that I didn't KNOW > that 'Daemon' mode was the same as 'running in the background' - as far I as > knew daemons were programs that monitored ports. > > So, sorry about that. > > One more thing - I'd like Snort to startup automatically, could you tell me > where the startup script is located? > > Also - the log files have root file permissions, and I gather it's a good > idea to keep it that way. At the moment (if I log on as normal user) I have > to su, then run Snort, then return to my normal account. Does this mean that > Snort will still run in the background? Or does it terminate as soon as I su > out of root? How can I check that it's running? It doesn't turn up in the > processes list. > > Thanks once again, > > Thomas Madhavan > A level student. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Snort/Hogwash help > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas Madhavan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 27 November 2001 08:00 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Snort/Hogwash help > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm a pretty new user to Linux, and I want to set up some sort of > > protection > > for my box. I have snort installed and I'm looking for rulesets - the > > problem I have is this: > > > > When I run snort, it runs in a terminal. How exactly do I set > > snort to just > > run in the background, collecting unusual packets? I'm sure there > > must be a > > way. > > > > Also, is Hogwash a suitable tool to use instead of/as well as > > snort? I need > > something that is relatively simple but also effective. > > > > Regards, > > > > Thomas Madhavan > > > Thomas, > > RTFM ! > > I only say this because if you ask questions that can be answered > by reading the docs some people get very upset by this and can get > quite rude. > Look in the man page for Snort. <HINT> look for Daemon. > > As for Hogwash I've never used it so I can't answer that one. > > HTH > > Simon Barr > Systems Engineer > > Chelsing Assemblies Ltd > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
