Re: snort 2.0.0 under visual C++

["Chris Reid" <Chris.Reid () CodeCraftConsultants com>]

I agree with Erek:  make sure you can run snort successfully from the
command-line first.

The cause of your problem appears to be that you instructed Visual Studio to
either "Execute" or "Debug-->Go".  However, snort relies on command-line
parameters, which seem to be missing.  I don't believe Visual Studio allows
you to specify parameters to "Execute", but you -can- supply parameters to
"Debug-->Go".  Look at "Project-->Settings", and switch to the "Debug" page.
Add the appropriate parameters to the "Program Arguments" field.

What are the proper parameters?  That depends on what you discover when
testing snort via the command line.  Look at the various sources of
documentation for Win32 snort to assist you:

    http://www.snort.org/docs/
    http://www.snort.org/docs/SnortUsersManual.pdf

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/snort/snort/doc/README.WIN32?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
    http://www.silicondefense.com/support/windows/documentation.php

Chris Reid



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erek Adams" <erek () snort org>
To: "Ronan Horgan" <ronanhorgan () esatclear ie>
Cc: <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] snort 2.0.0 under visual C++


> On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Ronan Horgan wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get snort 2.0.0 running under windows 2000, its part of a
project
> > i am doing (which is due next week). I already have snort 1.9.1 running
under
> > windows 2000 but i have simply run it through dos using the config files
and
> > acid / mysql etc. But now i need to compile / run snort using visual C++
(because
> > i need to add plugins), is running it through a program like visual C++
the
> > only way to add a plugin??
> > I am attaching a word dcument which shows what is happening when i open
the
> > snort 2.0.0 workspace. Im getting the message "you need to tell me to do
something"
> > ,press any key to continue.
> > I hope to get this working soon but really need to find out what i need
to do
> > to compile / run it under V c++.
>
> Don't run it from inside VC++.  Compile it, build an executeable, then run
> the executable from the command line.
>
> You might want to take a look at the Win32 version [0] that's on
> Snort.org.  I'd suggest that you download that, install it, and work with
> it for a bit.  Then uninstall it, and build your own (if thats a
> requirement).
>
> Cheers!
>
> -----
> Erek Adams
>
>    "When things get weird, the weird turn pro."   H.S. Thompson
>
> [0] http://www.snort.org/dl/binaries/win32/
>
>
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