argus[14372]: daemon cannot create new pid file

[Carter Bullard]

Hey Gene,
   You may not have permission to write into the
system directory that holds daemon pid files.  Are
you running as root?  There is a configuration
parameter in argus.conf files that you can use to
turn pid file creation off.  Set

ARGUS_SET_PID=no 

in a either the system /etc/argus.conf file, or in
a private argus.conf file.  With a private argus.conf
file, use the -F option.

       argus -F argus.conf -P 561 -w testfile

There is a sample configuration, ./support/Config/argus.conf
that you can use as a template.

You may still have problems, as most machines require
you to be root to access interfaces, especially in
promiscuous mode.  Running as root should solve
the pid file error. 

Hope this helps,

Carter

  


> -----Original Message-----
> From: argus-announce-owner at qosient.com 
> [mailto:argus-announce-owner at qosient.com] On Behalf Of Gene Yoo
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 8:51 PM
> To: argus-announce at qosient.com
> Subject: argus[14372]: daemon cannot create new pid file
> 
> 
> I've downloaded the latest release as well as the dependency files, 
> etc... but when I run:
> 
> argus -P 561 -w /testfile/
> 
> it gives me the error below...  I am running this as a daemon 
> on RH80, 
> etc...  Really new to this application and would like to know how I 
> could get it working so I could start figuring out more on this...
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> 
> ** gene
> 
> 
> 
>