Re: (Snort-users) Compiling mysql support for remote databas

["Neil" <neil_h () hk psi net>]

Dear All,

Just to say I gave it a go and it worked, so thanks for help with this one.

Appreciate it,

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: <sandro.poppi () wacker com>
To: <neil_h () hk psi net>; <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:49 PM
Subject: AW: (Snort-users) Compiling mysql support for remote databas


> Morning Neil,
> > Sorry if this is elementary/been asked before (I had a search
> > but found =
> > nothing on it).
> >
> > I'm compiling snort on Solaris and I want to direct the
> > alerts (via the =
> > snort.conf file) to a remote mysql database on a Win98 machine.
> >
> > I see that I need to include the option '--with-mysql=3DDIR' at the =
> > configure stage, but I'm not sure what to do about the 'DIR'
> > bit here, =
> > as the database won't be local.
>
> The optin --with-mysql is used to set the path to the mysql header files
for
> compilation. You could try to use the option without any directory (this
has
> worked on linux for me) or set it to the directory where mysql.h resides
in
> (e.g. /usr/include/mysql on linux). Of course the mysql development
package has
> to be installed ;)
>
> This has to be done regardless where the database resides, either local or
> remote.
>
> > Is it possible to specify the remote mysql database at this
> > stage,
>
> No this is done via snort.conf.
>
> > or is =
> > there some way to compile with mysql support added, so I can
> > redirect =
> > the output with the conf file later?
>
> Yep, take a look on the example snort.conf shiped with the snort package.
>
> HTH,
> Sandro


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