Re: (no subject)

[Matt Kettler <mkettler () evi-inc com>]

Specify an absolute path to your snort.conf after the -c.. If you cd'ed to 
/usr/local/bin it will be looking for /usr/local/bin/snort.conf...


At 08:27 PM 2/4/2002 +0000, Edward Cole wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I just recently downloaded a copy of Snort version 1.8.3.  Unfortunately, 
> I have been unsuccessful in running the NIDS Mode, I am able to run both 
> the sniffer and packet logging modes.  When I ran the below command line 
> option
> I received the follwing error.  Does this mean I have to add rules to the 
> snort.conf file??
>
>
> - I cd to the /usr/local/bin directory (which is where the snort is
>  located)
>
> - I then type this command  ./snort -dev -l ./log -h 192.168.1.0/24 -c
> snort.conf
>
> - I then received this error
>
> " +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Initializing rule chains...
> ERROR: Unable to open rules file: snort.conf or ./snort.conf
> Fatal Error, Quitting.. "


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