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Systemd unit file for tcpdump with date filename
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| [Unit] | |
| Description="Systemd script for tcpdump" | |
| After=network.target network-online.target | |
| Wants=network-online.target | |
| [Service] | |
| User=root | |
| ExecStart=/bin/bash -lc 'usr/sbin/tcpdump -i eth0 -C 10000 -G 86400 -w /var/log/tcpdumps/tcp_dump_$$(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d-%%H:%%M:%%S).pcap -z gzip -s 0' | |
| SuccessExitStatus=143 | |
| Restart=on-failure | |
| RestartSec=10s | |
| [Install] | |
| WantedBy=multi-user.target |
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Exactly what I tried (and failed !) to do. Thanks a lot
Just because I had the question, I add that -C 10000 means 10Gb, since unit of -C is 1000000