Re: can't start snort

["c cheng" <ccheng () eudoramail com>]

Hi Erek,

Thanks for your help! It seems to work, and I didn't encounter any error after ./snort command. 

However after I ran the command, I couldn't  enter anything in the command prompt, unless I hit control c. After I hit 
the control c, it gave me a bunch of report and then returned to the command prompt. Since I am new to Snort, is this 
normal? How can I let Snort run in the background and using my Bash shell at the same time? Thanks!!!!
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On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:07:08   Erek Adams wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, c cheng wrote:
>
> > I compiled snort successfully, but when I ran snort (/usr/local/bin/snort),
> > the following message appeared;
> >
> > error:unable to open rules file = /root/.snortrc
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea how to fix it? Thanks!!
>
> Yup.
>
> Give it a .conf file.  Snort wants a config file of some type according to how
> you start it.  It looks for a <homedir>/.snortrc or a ./snort.conf or
> /etc/snort/snort.conf by default if you don't specify one.
>
> Try something like '/usr/local/bin/snort -c <path_to_config_file>/snort.conf'
> and see what happens.
>
> Oh, and you'll need to make sure you edit the .conf file to reflect your
> network....
>
> Good luck!
>
> -----
> Erek Adams
> Nifty-Type-Guy
> TheAdamsFamily.Net


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