Re: Snort switches to packet Dump Mode

[Mayur Patil <ram.nath241089 () gmail com>]

Hi Waldo,

      which snort
      gives
      /usr/local/bin/snort

*--*
*Cheers,*
*Mayur*

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:02 AM, waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net>wrote:

> On 7/16/2013 13:10, Mayur Patil wrote:
> > Thanks Waldo for this guidance.
> >
> > Hope this will end my issue !!
> >
> > Thanks again !!
>
> it may or may not... really... this is not DOS or windows... ./ is
> important
> when you want to execute something in the current directory... *stop using*
>
>    cd /etc/init.d
>
> to change directory before you execute your script... instead execute it
> with a
> fully specified path...
>
>    /etc/init.d/snort
>
> all the time... if you renamed that script as i suggested previously, then
> it
> would be
>
>    /etc/init.d/snortd
>
> when you just type in
>
>    snort blah blah blah
>
> you are executing the actual binary directly without using your script...
> to
> prove this to yourself try
>
>    which snort
>
> and see what it returns... the problem is apparently that your actual snort
> binary is in your PATH and that's what is used instead of your script...
> changing the name of one or the other will alleviate this problem but will
> also
> require some additional editing in most cases...
>
> i do truly hope this helps ;)
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