RE: Snort Installation on Win2K problems

["Michael Steele" <michaels () winsnort com>]

IDSCenter has not been updated in almost a year. This will most likely break
if you are using newer versions of Snort.

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[mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of geomax
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:57 AM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: [Snort-users] Snort Installation on Win2K problems

 

Hello,

 

We're new to Snort and are trying to implement Snort as part of our IDS at
our company. 

 

We want to install Snort on a Win2K box, using IDSCenter RC4 as the front
end. However, after install, any configuration change made via IDSCenter
causes the Snort service to fails to start.

 

The Win2K box is 2000 Professional, SP4. Snort is version 2_1_2, installed
WinPcap 2.3

 

The error message displayed is:

 

Error: D:\Snort\etc\snort.conf(246) => Invalid keyword 'preprocessor' for
'global' configuration. Fatal error, Quitting...

 

I read the FAQ, and section 5.5 (How to start Snort as a Win32 service)
states that paths need to be set up from from the command line. Can similar
parameters be added to the Snorter service as well?

 

When the service fails, in IDSCenter, in the Overview console, you can view
the message that the service has failed to start, and this Snort command
line is displayed:

 

C:\SNORT\bin\snort.exe -c "C:\SNORT\etc\snort.conf" -l "C:\SNORT\log"

 

...but can't be modified. How do I? Is this string correct?

 

Does anyone have any suggestions about what is causing this error??

 

Thanks!

 

George