Re: Newbie Problem

[Todd Wease <twease () sourcefire com>]

Alex,

You need to configure the path to that in snort.conf (look for "Step #2: 
Configure dynamic loaded libraries" in snort.conf) or alternatively 
specify the path on the command line (run Snort with the '-h' option or 
take a look at doc/README).

Todd

Alex Alborzfard wrote:
> No I didn't. I specified the path and this time I didn't get the error, but
> got this one:
>
>  Failed to load /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicengine/libsf_engine.so: 126
>
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Todd Wease <twease () sourcefire com> wrote:
>
> > Alex,
> >
> > Did you specify the path to snort.conf on the command line via the '-c'
> > switch?
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > Alex Alborzfard wrote:
> >
> > > I've installed latest Snort (2.8) on a Win2K pro box with winpcap.
> > > When I run snort I get the following error:
> > >
> > > ERROR: Unable to open rules file: snort.conf or ./snort.conf
> > >
> > > I modified snort.conf to point to the correct directory path, but I still
> > > get the error.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >
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