Re: Problems starting snort

[Erek Adams <erek () theadamsfamily net>]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, dhobson wrote:

> Fairly inexperienced with snort as well as linux (mandrake linux 9.0).
>  After reading the documentation on snort I downloaded snort, vs 1.9.0,
> along with the other required programs.  I edited the various files to
> suit my setup.  To test snort I typed " /usr/local/bin/snort -A full -b
> -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -d -i eth2 -s -D" on the command line.  After I
> receive Initialization Complete and 3 lines referring to the version and
> builder the program halts and the cursor is at the beginning of a line
> that does not have a prompt.  To get back a prompt I used Control C
> which displays a table: Breakdown by Protocol,  Wireless Stats,
> Fragmentation Stats andTCP Reassembly Stats then the prompt.
>
> My problem is why is the program halting and how do I correct it?

It's not halting.  It's running in the foreground.

Easy fix is to add -D to the command line.  Check the output of snort -? and
the man page for details.

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams
Nifty-Type-Guy
TheAdamsFamily.Net



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