Re: (2.4.4 and Ubuntu on 2.6.12) Odd install from source

[Rob Munsch <rmunsch () solutionsforprogress com>]

Yah, sorry if i wasn't clear - i see all the files in snort-<ver>/etc, 
and did all that manually.  I was just wondering if it was supposed to 
happen automagically at install.

Frex, the included snort.conf gives the location of the rules dir as 
"../rules," which doesn't seem to fit the other assumptions.  The 
executable seems to go to /usr/local/bin via 'make install,' and like i 
said the manpage goes to the right place; it's the rest of the 
supporting cast i was wondering about.

Also, on the subject, the initscript is under the <source>/rpm directory 
sitting next to the snort.spec, as is the logrotate snippet and 
'snort.sysconfig,' and i'm not really sure why.  Having nothing to do 
with RPMs, it took me a while to think of poking around in there; due to 
the odd placement of those files and the lack of anything going to my 
own /etc/snort or /etc/init.d - which, you gotta admit, is not entirely 
unexpected behaviour - coupled with the docs assuming these things were 
in place, i assumed something had Gone Wrong.

Braley, Ron wrote:

> Rob,
>
> In my experience, the .conf files get extracted into the installation
> directory/etc (i.e. /usr/local/src/snort-2.4.4/etc).
>
> Not only should you see the snort.conf file there, but threshold.conf
> too.
>
> I think library files are put in the proper locations during the
> installation process - there's no need to do anything else but the
> following:
>
> a.  Put the executable file wherever you'd like it to be (/opt/snort/bin
> for us . . .)
> b.  Copy the snort.conf file from the extraction point/etc to wherever
> you'd like it to be (i.e. /opt/snort/etc/)
> c.  Download the rules and include this directory in the snort.conf file
> d.  Start snort (manually or automatically) - remember to include the
> location of the snort.conf file in the command (i.e.
> #/opt/snort/bin/snort -i eth5 -c /opt/snort/etc/snort.conf -D
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Ron Braley, Berbee
> Datacenter Security Engineer
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net
> [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of Rob Munsch
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:21 AM
> To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: [Snort-users] (2.4.4 and Ubuntu on 2.6.12) Odd install from
> source
>
> 'allo list,
>
> I've had an odd problem installing 2.4.4 from source.  conf/make/make 
> install goes smoothly, but only the binary itself - and the man page - 
> actually 'go anywhere.'
>
> I'm not sure if this is deliberate, but i've poked around the docs, 
> checked the faq, and burned black candles at midnight - no success.  
> Nothing goes to my /etc; no conf, nothing in init.d, nada.  Not the 
> snort.conf itself nor any of the secondary conf files, nor is a rules 
> dir created, nor /var/log/snort, etc.
>
> The docs seem to assume these things'll be in place when you run, but 
> there's no explicit manifesto of needed files.  I went and manually 
> moved stuff around, created the dirs and files needed, etc., but i was 
> sort of wondering about the whole thing.
>
> Ubuntu seems to want to apt me 2.3.2, and it looks like there's a slew 
> of bugfixes and whatnot in the 2.4 branch, so i'd rather go with latest 
> stable source.  Is there a reason the various config files, and assorted
>
> log/conf/rules directories, aren't created at install?  There doesn't 
> seem to be any reference to them in the makefile, tho my understanding 
> there is limited.
>
> Praying fervently not to have caused a drink or three,
>
>  


--
Rob Munsch
Solutions For Progress IT



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