$OpenBSD: README,v 1.3 2016/08/27 12:58:07 ajacoutot Exp $ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Running ${FULLPKGNAME} on OpenBSD +----------------------------------------------------------------------- Note that most broctl(8) commands must be run as root. Post-install steps ================== Before starting bro(8) for the first time, the "interface" must be properly configured under: ${SYSCONFDIR}/bro/node.cfg And the configuration and policies must be installed by running: broctl install File descriptors limit ====================== Both bro(8) and broctl(8) need to bump their nofile limits. bro (daemon) ------------ The following lines can be added to login.conf(5): bro:\ :openfiles-cur=1024:\ :tc=daemon: Then the login.conf.db can be rebuilt file if necessary: [ -f /etc/login.conf.db ] && cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf bro and broctl (CLI) -------------------- Some subcommands like "deploy" may require more file descriptors. e.g. ulimit -n 512; broctl deploy