snort logging to a mysql backend

["Vella James at MITTS" <james.vella () magnet mt>]

hey guys!

i have a headless freebsd 4.6 box, as setup per instructions "Tutorial for a Basic Snort/MySQL install on FreeBSD 4.4 
Stable", yet the startup script (snort.sh located at /usr/local/etc/rc.d/) generates the below logs on startup, any 
ideas?


*****************
/kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode enabled
snort: database: mysql support is not compiled in this copy
snort: FATAL ERROR: Check your configurations file to be sure you did not mis-spell "mysql". If you did not, you will 
need to reconfigure and recomplile ensuring that u have set the correct options to the configure script. Type 
"./configure --help" to see options for the configure script.
/kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode disabled
******************

the above has been done. if i were to hash out the 'output to mysql' (syntax in snort.conf is perfect) in the 
snort.conf file and unhash (lets say) the xml logging the script works, and snort starts!

can anyone shed any light, appologies if this is a dumb question, but i've been stumped!



rgds

james


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