Snort NIDS configuration problems

[Akhil Koul <akhil.koul8 () gmail com>]

I ran into the following error while configuring SNort to run in NIDS mode.
I followed the exact procedure as mentioned in the installation guide.


   1. Running in Test mode
   2.
   3.         --== Initializing Snort ==--
   4. Initializing Output Plugins!
   5. Initializing Preprocessors!
   6. Initializing Plug-ins!
   7. Parsing Rules file "/etc/snort/snort.conf"
   8. PortVar 'HTTP_PORTS' defined :  [ 80:81 311 383 591 593 901 1220 1414
   1741 1830 2301 2381 2809 3037 3128 3702 4343 4848 5250 6988 7000:7001
   7144:7145 7510 7777 7779 8000 8008 8014 8028 8080 8085 8088 8090 8118 8123
   8180:8181 8243 8280 8300 8800 8888 8899 9000 9060 9080 9090:9091 9443 9999
   11371 34443:34444 41080 50002 55555 ]
   9. PortVar 'SHELLCODE_PORTS' defined :  [ 0:79 81:65535 ]
   10. PortVar 'ORACLE_PORTS' defined :  [ 1024:65535 ]
   11. PortVar 'SSH_PORTS' defined :  [ 22 ]
   12. PortVar 'FTP_PORTS' defined :  [ 21 2100 3535 ]
   13. PortVar 'SIP_PORTS' defined :  [ 5060:5061 5600 ]
   14. PortVar 'FILE_DATA_PORTS' defined :  [ 80:81 110 143 311 383 591 593
   901 1220 1414 1741 1830 2301 2381 2809 3037 3128 3702 4343 4848 5250 6988
   7000:7001 7144:7145 7510 7777 7779 8000 8008 8014 8028 8080 8085 8088 8090
   8118 8123 8180:8181 8243 8280 8300 8800 8888 8899 9000 9060 9080 9090:9091
   9443 9999 11371 34443:34444 41080 50002 55555 ]
   15. PortVar 'GTP_PORTS' defined :  [ 2123 2152 3386 ]
   16. Detection:
   17.    Search-Method = AC-Full-Q
   18.     Split Any/Any group = enabled
   19.     Search-Method-Optimizations = enabled
   20.     Maximum pattern length = 20
   21. ERROR: /etc/snort//etc/snort/rules/app-detect.rules(0) Unable to
   open rules file "/etc/snort//etc/snort/rules/app-detect.rules": No such
   file or directory.
   22.
   23. Fatal Error, Quitting..


Any help is appreciated.

Thanks and Regards
Akhil Koul

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