Re: Running Snort 1.9.0 from shell script

["Eric Joe" <sysop () tje1 com>]

> On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:11:40PM -0400, Eric Joe wrote:
> > I had been running Snort 1.8.7 from a simple shell script like this
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > /usr/local/bin/snort -d -c /home/snort-1.9.0/etc/snort.conf -o &
> >
> > Now, with version 1.9.0 I get this error when I run it from a shell.
> >
> > ERROR => Undefined variable name: (../rules/exploit.rules:22): SMTP
> >
> > I am running the bash shell on
> >
> > 2.4.18-5smp kernel
> >
> > If I type out the same exact command in a shell, it works fine!
> >
> > I am baffled. Can someone set me straight?
>
> IFAIK
>       var SMTP $HOME_NET
> has been replaced with
>       var SMTP_SERVERS $HOME_NET
>
> or you have a misspelled rule. Double-check your $VARIABLE useage
> against what you define with 'var VARIABLE value' statements.


Michael,
Thanks for the reply. I installed Snort fresh and it only gives me that
error if I run it from my little shell script, otherwise it works fine, so
its prob not a mis-named variable.
Thanks

-- 
Eric Joe
Network Operations
Journey's End Internet/Computer Connection Inc




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