[Bro] broctl cron locks all bro processes

[Daniel Thayer]

Did you check that your cron jobs are running as the same user
that you're using to run broctl manually?

What happens if you try to run "broctl cron" manually? (you'll
first need to kill all of the hung processes and temporarily
remove broctl from your crontab)



On 04/25/2013 01:45 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>   Recently, I have installed bro 2.1 in a FreeBSD 9.1 amd64 host
> (compiled from source). All work as expected except for "broctl cron"
> job ... I have configured this job to run every 5 min (like Bro's
> documentation says), but every time locks all bro processes:
>
> 41561 ??  I        0:00.01 bash /opt/bro/share/broctl/scripts/run-bro -i
> em4 -U .status -p broctl -p broctl-live -p standalone -p local -p bro
> local.bro broctl broctl/standalone broctl/auto
> 41572 ??  R      215:33.48 /opt/bro/bin/bro -i em4 -U .status -p broctl
> -p broctl-live -p standalone -p local -p bro local.bro broctl
> broctl/standalone broctl/auto
> 41590 ??  SN       0:48.43 /opt/bro/bin/bro -i em4 -U .status -p broctl
> -p broctl-live -p standalone -p local -p bro local.bro broctl
> broctl/standalone broctl/auto
> 41695 ??  I        0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
> 41699 ??  Is       0:00.22 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/broctl
> cron (python2.7)
> 41731 ??  Is       0:00.01 sh
> 41745 ??  I        0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
> 41748 ??  Is       0:00.17 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/broctl
> cron (python2.7)
> 41774 ??  Is       0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> 41775 ??  Is       0:00.01 sh
> 41777 ??  I        0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
> 41780 ??  Is       0:00.20 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/broctl
> cron (python2.7)
> 41813 ??  Is       0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> 41814 ??  Is       0:00.01 sh
> 41828 ??  I        0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
> 41831 ??  Is       0:00.19 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/broctl
> cron (python2.7)
> 41857 ??  Is       0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> 41858 ??  Is       0:00.01 sh
> 41862 ??  I        0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
> 41866 ??  Is       0:00.19 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/broctl
> cron (python2.7)
> 41898 ??  Is       0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> 41899 ??  Is       0:00.01 sh
> 41901 ??  I        0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
> 41905 ??  Is       0:00.19 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/broctl
> cron (python2.7)
> 41942 ??  Is       0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> 41943 ??  Is       0:00.01 sh
> 42935 ??  I        0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
> 42939 ??  Is       0:00.15 /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/bin/broctl
> cron (python2.7)
> 43003 ??  Is       0:00.01 /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -oi -t
> 43004 ??  Is       0:00.01 sh
>
>   If I try to run any broctl command:
>
> Welcome to BroControl 1.1
>
> Type "help" for help.
>
> [BroControl] > status
> waiting for lock ..................................cannot get lock
>
>   How can I debug this?? Is it safe to run "kill -9" over these
> processes?? And how can I unlock using broctl command??
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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