Re: (no subject)

[Erek Adams <erek () snort org>]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 jcosta () lendleaserei com wrote:

> Using snort-1.9.0 and the rules it ships with placed into /etc/snort
> directory (customized snort.conf files located there also).
>
> I'm trying to get snort to push its alerts into syslog with the following
> command line: snort -A fast -s -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
>
> When I issue this command (which seems syntactically correct), I get the
> following error:
>
> Initializing Output Plugins!
> Log directory = /var/log/snort
>
> Initializing Network Interface eth1
> ERROR: OpenPcap() FSM compilation failed:
>         parse error
> PCAP command: /etc/snort/snort.conf
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
>
>
> I realize that some of the command line args for snort are passed onto
> libpcap which in this case
> is complaining about a parse error.  The error looks like its choking on
> the argument pointing my snort.conf file.
>
>  What am I doing wrong here?

Move the -c /etc/snort/snort.conf to the start of the line, or make it
simpler by symlinking /etc/snort.conf to /etc/snort/snort.conf.  Snort
will by default look for /etc/snort.conf upon startup.

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams

   "When things get weird, the weird turn pro."   H.S. Thompson


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