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snort installation error


From: edmund.li () alcatel com hk
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:11:32 +0800

Dear all, 

Try to connect the sensor by using snortcenter and it has the following 
error 








Ports to decode telnet on: 21 23 25 119 
ERROR: database: mysql_error: Access denied for user: 'snort@sensor1' 
(Using password: YES)
Fatal Error, Quitting..
database: compiled support for ( mysql )
database: configured to use mysql
database: user = snort
database: password is set
database: database name = snort
database: host = snort1
database: sensor name = sensor1
database: detail level = full






mysql> show grants for snort@sensor1;
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-+
| Grants for snort@sensor1
 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-+
| GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'snort'@'sensor1'
 |
| GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE ON `snort`.* TO 
'snort'@'sensor1'
 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Any idea ?

PS plug-in configure













Database: Log to a variety of databases
Sensor Name
[AUTO]use keyword [AUTO] for automatic sensor_name
DB Name
snort
DB Type
mysql[mysql | postgresql | odbc | mssql | oracle]
DB Host
snort1(hostname or IP address)
DB Port
(default: 3306)
User
snort
Password

Ruletype
alert[log | alert]
Encoding
[hex | base64 | ascii]
Detail
full[full | fast]
ignore bpf









Edmund
Thanks

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