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RE: RE: Problems with HOME_NET and EXTERNAL_NET var 's
From: Erek Adams <erek () snort org>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 07:25:51 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Lauts, Anthony wrote:
I am starting automaically via init.d, when i do a ps -ef it shows that it started as such... /usr/local/bin/snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i eth0 -D When I see the error, I start it as ... /usr/local/bin/snort -i eth0 -n 1 -c /etc/snort/x11.rules
Perfectly normal. You always start Snort by calling the config file, not the rules file. The snort.conf file is where the definitions for the variables are. Without it, you'll get the error every time. Cheers! ----- Erek Adams "When things get weird, the weird turn pro." H.S. Thompson ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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- RE: RE: Problems with HOME_NET and EXTERNAL_NET var 's Lauts, Anthony (Aug 31)
- Re: RE: Problems with HOME_NET and EXTERNAL_NET var 's Jochen Erwied (Aug 31)
- Re: RE: Problems with HOME_NET and EXTERNAL_NET var 's Nick Oliver (Sep 01)
- RE: RE: Problems with HOME_NET and EXTERNAL_NET var 's Erek Adams (Sep 02)
- Re: RE: Problems with HOME_NET and EXTERNAL_NET var 's Jochen Erwied (Aug 31)