Fwd: new snort install, error when starting snort service

[Darryl Taylor <darryl.taylor () sourcefire com>]

Didn't reply-all the first time.

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> From: Darryl Taylor <darryl.taylor () sourcefire com>
> Date: April 18, 2007 4:50:35 PM EDT
> To: Michael Giornesto <mcg12 () psu edu>
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] new snort install, error when starting  
> snort service
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> If that is actually what it showed for that line then the line is  
> wrong. Looks like somehow that line got corrupted. There are two  
> alerts on the same line. Also the line is improperly terminated  
> among other omissions. Try commenting out that line.

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> On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Michael Giornesto wrote:
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> > I have a new install that is throwing an error when trying to  
> > start the snort service...certainly seems to be a config error in / 
> > etc/snort/snort.conf...but I am unsure how to locate problem.
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> > ERROR: ERROR /etc/snort/rules/web-misc.rules Line 452 => unable to  
> > parse pcre regex "fn=Eye\d{4}_\d{2}.log/Rmsi"
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> > Line 452 in /etc/snort/rules/web-misc.rules shows...
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> > alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET 8090 (msg:"WEB-MISC  
> > TrackerCam ComGetLogFile.php3 log information disclosure";  
> > flow:to_server,established; content:"/ComGetLogFile.php3"; alert  
> > tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET 8090 (msg:"WEB-MISC TrackerCam  
> > ComGetLogFile.php3 log information disclosure";  
> > flow:to_server,established; content:"/ComGetLogFile.php3";
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> > running on...
> > FC6 2.6.20
> > Snort 2.6.1.4
> > Apache 2.2.3
> > Mysql 5.0.27
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> > Any suggestions are appreciated
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> > Thanks,
> > Mike
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