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+#!/bin/sh
+# Start/stop/restart snort
+
+# This tell snort which interface to listen on (any for every interface)
+IFACE=${IFACE:-any}
+
+# Make sure this matches your IFACE
+PIDFILE=/var/run/snort_$IFACE.pid
+
+# You probably don't want to change this, but in case you do
+LOGDIR="/var/log/snort"
+
+# Probably not this either
+CONF=/etc/snort/snort.conf
+
+# Start snort:
+snort_start() {
+  CMDLINE="/usr/bin/snort -d -D -i $IFACE"
+  echo -n "Starting Snort daemon:  $CMDLINE"
+  $CMDLINE --pid-path /var/run --create-pidfile -l $LOGDIR -c $CONF
+  echo
+}
+
+# Stop snort:
+snort_stop() {
+  echo -n "Stopping Snort daemon ($IFACE)..."
+  kill $(cat $PIDFILE)
+  echo
+  sleep 1
+  rm -f $PIDFILE
+}
+
+# Restart snort:
+snort_restart() {
+  snort_stop
+  sleep 1
+  snort_start
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+'start')
+  snort_start
+  ;;
+'stop')
+  snort_stop
+  ;;
+'restart')
+  snort_restart
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "usage $0 start|stop|restart"
+esac
+