[Bro] can not start bro

Daniel Thayer dnthayer at illinois.edu
Thu Jun 26 23:46:26 PDT 2014


You probably forgot to run "broctl install".

-Daniel


On 06/26/2014 11:42 PM, Russell Fulton wrote:
> I had a series of problems on one sensor (disk full and consequent issues) and now when I try
>
> broctl start
>
> it tries to start the manager and just hangs.
>
> rful011 at secmontst01:/opt/bro/etc$ sudo broctl start
> warning: removing stale lock
> starting manager …
>
> after killing it I find:
>
> rful011 at secmontst01:/opt/bro/etc$ cat ~sensors/data/dmzo/bro-spool/manager/stderr.log
> nohup: failed to run command `/run-bro': No such file or directory
>
> timestamp is current.
>
> Bro is installed using securityoinion-bro — I have tried removing and installing it again but it does not make any difference.
>
> Any ideas on what to look for.
>
> Russell
>



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