Re: Still Empty log file

[Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com>]

When you start barnyard2 do you get any errors?  Does it complain about not
seeing the DB or tables?
On Jul 21, 2012 9:20 AM, "Yonas Abebe" <jonasabebe () gmail com> wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> It works now. I can see the alerts in the snort.fast file. The u2 file
> also has contents although i couldn't see it. I was also trying to see
> whether barnyard2 has sent the alerts to mysql. I used "show tables" in
> mysql but couldn't see anything.
>
> Thanks again James
>
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Lay, James <james.lay () wincofoods com>wrote:
>
> > Yonas,****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Config looks good…could use tuning when you can.  For a test, put this
> > into your local.rules file:****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > alert icmp any any -> any any (msg:"ICMP test"; classtype:bad-unknown;
> > sid:10000016; rev:1;)****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Then save and start up snort.  Ping to or from the machine you’re running
> > snort on, and you should see alerts things both in the u2 file, and
> > snort.fast file.  Lemme know how it goes.****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > James****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > *From:* Yonas Abebe [mailto:jonasabebe () gmail com]
> > *Sent:* Friday, July 20, 2012 1:12 PM
> >
> > *To:* Lay, James
> > *Cc:* snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > *Subject:* Re: [Snort-users] Still Empty log file****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Hi james,****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Here is my snort.conf. Thanks a lot.****
> >
> > yonas****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Lay, James <james.lay () wincofoods com>
> > wrote:****
> >
> > Hi Yonas,****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > Can you put in your snort.conf here?  That will help.  Also, if say your
> > HOME_NET is for example 192.168.1.0/24, and you’re scanning/pinging from
> > another IP on that same network, Snort won’t see it as it’s on the same LAN.
> > ****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > James****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > *From:* Yonas Abebe [mailto:jonasabebe () gmail com]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:35 PM
> > *To:* Lay, James
> > *Cc:* snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > *Subject:* Re: [Snort-users] Still Empty log file****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > Hi James,****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > I didn't put the whole path for the file name in the output lines of
> > snort.conf (my mistake). Now, the output lines look like the following:**
> > **
> >
> >   ****
> >
> > output unified2: filename /var/log/snort/snort.u2, limit 128****
> >
> > output alert_fast: /var/log/snort/snort.fast****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > Then i tried the same simple test using ping, tracert and nmap attack.
> > Now the snort.fast, barnyard2.waldo and snort.u2  contain some fixed size
> > bytes which doesn't grow although i repeated the test attack many times. Is
> > there something that I am missing?****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > I really appreciate for the help.****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Lay, James <james.lay () wincofoods com>
> > wrote:****
> >
> > From: Yonas Abebe [mailto:jonasabebe () gmail com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 11:02 AM
> > To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> > Subject: [Snort-users] Still Empty log file****
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am having problems with empty output log files. I am running Snort
> > 2.9.2.2 on Ubuntu virtual machine by following the guide at the Snort page.
> > I have barnyard2 installed to send output to Mysql....unified2 output is
> > configured on snort.conf. I started snort with a command
> >
> > sudo /usr/local/snort/bin/snort -u snort -g snort -c
> > /usr/local/snort/etc/snort.conf  -i eth0
> >
> > I started barnyard2 with the command
> >
> > sudo sudo /usr/local/bin/barnyard2 -c /usr/local/snort/etc/barnyard2.conf
> > -d /var/log/snort -f snort.u2 -w /var/log/snort/barnyard2.waldo
> >
> > The output of barnyard command is OK but shows, WARNING: Ignoring
> > corrupt/truncated waldofile.
> >
> > For a simple test i did nmap attack,Snort creates the log files in
> > /var/log/snort but the size is always empty. i can see the output on the
> > console though. I have tried to research and apply almost all the advice on
> > similar issue in this mailing list but none of them helped me. Could you
> > please help me?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > ****
> >
> > Yonas,
> >
> > What are your output lines in your snort.conf?  Something like the below?
> >
> > output alert_fast: /var/log/snort.fast
> > output unified2: filename /var/log/snort.u2
> >
> > If not, for testing, try adding the alert_fast to see what happens there.
> >  Also, try the command u2spewfoo on your snort.u2 file and see what that
> > shows.
> >
> > James****
> >
> >  ****
> >
> > ** **
>
>
>
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