Re: help

[pierre telfort via Snort-users <snort-users () lists snort org>]

i fixed this thanks. now I'm trying to start snort as daemon service. i
found some examples on how to do it. i followed those examples and tried to
start the snort.service, i got an error message.

Le lun. 13 mai 2019 à 09:40, wkitty42--- via Snort-users <
snort-users () lists snort org> a écrit :

> please keep snort issues on the snort mailing list and do not take them
> private
> unless specifically requested... this way others with the same or similar
> problem can find the solution, too... i've added the list back to my
> reply...
>
>
> the problem is that you have spaces in all of those *_PATH lines you
> posted for
> my query...
>
> #104 var RULE_PATH ../rules /etc/snort/rules
> here ----------------------^
>
> either remove those spaces or fix those paths to point to the proper
> directories
> for all of those *_PATH lines on lines 104, 105, 106, 113, and 114...
> check any
> other paths, too...
>
> perhaps you meant to have the following instead of the default "../rules"??
>
> #104 var RULE_PATH /etc/snort/rules
>
>
>
> On 5/7/19 9:36 PM, Telfort P wrote:
> > #100
> > # 101 Path to your rules files (this can be a relative path)
> > # 102 Note for Windows users:  You are advised to make this an absolute
> path,
> > # 103 such as:  c:\snort\rules
> > #104 var RULE_PATH ../rules /etc/snort/rules
> > #105 var SO_RULE_PATH ../so_rules /etc/snort/so_rules
> > #106 var PREPROC_RULE_PATH ../preproc_rules etc/snort/preproc_rules
> > #107 #108 If you are using reputation preprocessor set these
> > #109 Currently there is a bug with relative paths, they are relative to
> where
> > snort is
> > #110 not relative to snort.conf like the above variables
> > #111 This is completely inconsistent with how other vars work, BUG 89986
> > #112 Set the absolute path appropriately
> > #113 var WHITE_LIST_PATH ../rules /etc/snort/rules
> > #114 var BLACK_LIST_PATH ../rules /etc/snort/rules
> > #115
> >
> >
> > *I labeled them the same way it is in my config file.*
> >
> > On 5/7/19 3:04 AM, wkitty42--- via Snort-users wrote:
> > > On 5/3/19 10:04 PM, Telfort P via Snort-users wrote:
> > > > How do i fix this error in my rules. ""ERROR:
> /etc/snort/snort.conf(104)
> > > > Missing argument to RULE_PATH
> > > > Fatal Error, Quitting.""
> > >
> > > please post lines 100 thru 110 of your /etc/snort/snort.conf file...
>
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