Re: Snort 2.0.2 and Oracle DB

[Nerijus Krukauskas <nkrukauskas () lb lt>]

Runion, Matthew D wrote:
> This is my virgin post, so be gentle...
>
> I'm setting up Snort 2.0.2 on Red Hat Linux 9 to use a non-local Oracle
> 8.1.6 database.  I've got the database setup by running the
> create_oracle.sql script and it's ready to roll.
>
> The issue I'm having is on the Snort box itself.  I understand that you have
> to run ./configure --with oracle=DIR
>
> I'm a newbie to Linux, but I assume DIR is the path to some sort of Oracle
> header files, rather than the actual Oracle database itself.  My questions
> are:
>
> 1) What files are necessary on Linux 9 to make it work?

  You need Oracle client on the snort machine.

> 2) Where to I get those files?  

  From Oracle installation CD.

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