From 415fe678e2f0adb2eeae650099e9c9916b0f08c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Thayer Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:31:56 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed typo in the Quick Start Guide Also clarified the instructions about modifying crontab. --- doc/quickstart/index.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/quickstart/index.rst b/doc/quickstart/index.rst index f570ac92db..7da5652c73 100644 --- a/doc/quickstart/index.rst +++ b/doc/quickstart/index.rst @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Bro works on most modern, Unix-based systems and requires no custom hardware. It can be downloaded in either pre-built binary package or source code forms. See :ref:`installing-bro` for instructions on how to install Bro. Below, ``$PREFIX`` is used to reference the Bro -installation root directory, which by default is ``/usr/local/`` if +installation root directory, which by default is ``/usr/local/bro/`` if you install from source. Managing Bro with BroControl @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ traffic-monitoring cluster. A Minimal Starting Configuration -------------------------------- -These are the basic configuration changes to make for a minimal BroControl installation -that will manage a single Bro instance on the ``localhost``: +These are the basic configuration changes to make for a minimal BroControl +installation that will manage a single Bro instance on the ``localhost``: 1) In ``$PREFIX/etc/node.cfg``, set the right interface to monitor. 2) In ``$PREFIX/etc/networks.cfg``, comment out the default settings and add @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ You can leave it running for now, but to stop this Bro instance you would do: [BroControl] > stop -We also recommend to insert the following entry into `crontab`:: +We also recommend to insert the following entry into the crontab of the user +running BroControl:: 0-59/5 * * * * $PREFIX/bin/broctl cron