From 6ce504a2f2c405c7a7baab6f74be779f903d89de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Schantl Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:54:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] suricatactrl: Add "cron" command This command allows to enable the automatic update of the used IDS ruleset and to specify the update interval. Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl --- src/misc-progs/suricatactrl.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/misc-progs/suricatactrl.c b/src/misc-progs/suricatactrl.c index 00f861ba34..cca0873e60 100644 --- a/src/misc-progs/suricatactrl.c +++ b/src/misc-progs/suricatactrl.c @@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { safe_system("/etc/rc.d/init.d/suricata reload"); } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "fix-rules-dir") == 0) { safe_system("chown -R nobody:nobody /var/lib/suricata"); + } else if (strcmp(argv[1], "cron") == 0) { + safe_system("rm /etc/fcron.*/suricata >/dev/null 2>&1"); + if (strcmp(argv[2], "off") == 0) { + return(1); + } else if (strcmp(argv[2], "daily") == 0){ + safe_system("ln -s /usr/local/bin/update-ids-ruleset /etc/fcron.daily/suricata"); + } else if (strcmp(argv[2], "weekly") == 0){ + safe_system("ln -s /usr/local/bin/update-ids-ruleset /etc/fcron.weekly/suricata"); + } else{ + printf("invalid parameter(s)\n"); + return(1); + } } else { fprintf(stderr, "\nBad argument given.\n\nsuricatactrl (start|stop|restart|reload)\n\n"); exit(1); -- 2.39.2