on my system, it does not even start in foreground. /var/run is a symlink to /run, which isn't liked by samhain.
-----BEGIN MESSAGE----- [2011-08-30T05:17:36+0200] mactra.nord-west.net ERROR : [2011-08-30T05:17:34+0200] msg=<Could not write PID file>, userid=<0>, path=</var/run/samhain.pid> ERROR : [2011-08-30T05:17:34+0200] msg=<Cannot create PID file (1)>, subroutine=<sh_unix_test_and_lock> ALERT : [2011-08-30T05:17:34+0200] msg=<LOGKEY>, program=<Samhain>, hash=<11BC893C62E903F771BA64509FF6C9ACF3D54BFD0FA53B6E> -----BEGIN LOGKEY----- 11BC893C62E903F771BA64509FF6C9ACF3D54BFD0FA53B6E[2011-08-30T05:17:34+0200] NOTICE : [2011-08-30T05:17:34+0200] msg=<Device not available or timeout during read attempt>, userid=<0>, path=</dev/random> ERROR : [2011-08-30T05:17:33+0200] msg=<Path of PID directory refers to a non-directory object>, subroutine=<sh_unix_check_piddir> -----BEGIN SIGNATURE----- A7B2A4024C2F2AC291E87DA82A947DC80AD814128B265CA0 000000 1314674256::mactra.nord-west.net -----END MESSAGE----- -- jabber: b...@schafweide.org bjo.nord-west.org | nord-west.org | freifunk-ol.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org