# snortstatus
# quick snort status checker
#
# Zoidial, Inc.
# Eric Thern    eric@zoidial.com
# March 2002
#

# get the status of snort
#
# outputs to the logfile
#

kill -SIGUSR1 `cat /var/run/snort*.pid`

echo "
Checking snort status
This may take a few seconds
"

#
# wait for it to show up through syslog
#
sleep 3

#
# edit this tail command to suit your needs
# if you have more plugins, you may want -50
# or something larger.
#
tail -29 /var/log/snort.log