[Oisf-users] Cannot create a PID file by default

[Jay M.]

Custom config PID file creation works for me, I use 2.1 beta though
and run suricata as it's own user and group.

Are you running suricata as root? Also look at the yaml to make sure
the config isn't directing to another user after starting it with
root. The PID file gets messy easily with permissions, took some
tuning on my end to get it to run properly with a specified account
(wasn't directly a suricata problem for me).

--
Jay
jskier at gmail.com


On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:23 AM, James Moe <jimoe at sohnen-moe.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
>   linux 3.16.7-21-desktop x86_64
>   suricata 2.0.7
>
>   In <suricata.yaml> is the line
> # Default pid file.
> # Will use this file if no --pidfile in command options.
> pid-file: /usr/local/var/run/suricata.pid
>
>   No pid file is created.
>   If I add the "--pidfile /usr/local/var/run/suricata.pid" option to
> the command line, the PID file is created.
>
>   Also: "kill -HUP", as shown in the section on logrotate, does not work
> .
> /bin/kill -HUP $(cat /usr/local/var/run/suricata.pid)
> does nothing.
>
>   Are these known problems?
>
> - --
> James Moe
> moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com
> 520.743.3936
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