Re: Snort -> Barnyard -> Remote MySQL DB (mysql.sock error)

[Dirk Geschke <dirk () geschke-online de>]

Hi Dan,

> Sorry for posting this in the snort-users forum but I have been unable
> to find any help anywhere else.  I recently configured Snort and
> Barnyard on a remote sensor.  I would like to log the alerts to a
> central MySQL server.  I have configured everything correctly but when I
> run Barnyard I get the following error:
>  
> Failed to connect to database (null):XXXXXXXX@(null)/(null): Can't
> connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'
> (2)
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
> Exiting
>  
> Any ideas?  MySQL server is not installed/running on this remote sensor
> and I would like it to not have MySQL server.

check your configuration for the remote database server, it seems to
be missing...

The libmysqlclient tries to reach the server via a local unix socket,
so it assumes that the database is running on localhost. The line
...@(null)/(null) says the same, there are no values set for the
remote database so one on localhost is assumed.

Best regards

Dirk

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