Bug #10917
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snort: invalid pidfile suffix error
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Description
After upgrading snort package from 3.2.9.14_1 to 4.1.2, I have two interfaces where snort gives the following error:
Sep 19 02:30:20 10.69.22.1 SnortStartup[50931]: Snort START for WLAN_DMZ(ath0_wlan1)...
Sep 19 02:30:20 10.69.22.1 snort[51238]: FATAL ERROR: Invalid pidfile suffix: _ath0_wlan1. Suffix must less than 11 characters and not have ".." or "/" in the name.
Sep 19 02:30:20 10.69.22.1 SnortStartup[51690]: Snort START for WLAN_HA(ath0_wlan3)...
Sep 19 02:30:20 10.69.22.1 snort[51726]: FATAL ERROR: Invalid pidfile suffix: _ath0_wlan3. Suffix must less than 11 characters and not have ".." or "/" in the name.
Related bug: #692
Thanks.
Updated by Anonymous over 3 years ago
According to the pfsense forum, the developer of the snort package (thanks bmeeks) is aware of the bug and will fix it soon.
Updated by Bill Meeks over 3 years ago
This issue also impacts the Snort package on pfSense-2.5 under the same conditions when the physical interface name and any associated VLAN IDs exceed 11 characters in length.
A fix has been identified and testing is underway to ensure there are no other unintended side effects. I will post an update when the fix is deployed as a Pull Request against the two pfSense branches (RELEASE and DEVELOPMENT).
Updated by Bill Meeks over 3 years ago
Two pull requests have been submitted against pfSense-2.4.5 and pfSense-2.5 to fix the issue reported in this ticket. The requests are awaiting review and merging by the pfSense developer team.
Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago
- Status changed from New to Pull Request Review
Updated by Renato Botelho over 3 years ago
- Status changed from Pull Request Review to Feedback
- Assignee set to Renato Botelho
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
PR has been merged. Thanks!
Updated by Bill Meeks over 3 years ago
The pull requests against pfSense-2.4.5-RELEASE and pfSense-2.5-DEVELOPMENT have been merged. This issue can be marked RESOLVED.
Updated by Renato Botelho over 3 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved