Re: Snort start error: [unknown rule type: dynamicpreprocessor]

[Aaron Giuoco <agiuoco () yahoo com>]

Nope.  Still getting the same error message.

ERROR: /etc/snort/snort.conf(184) => unknown rule
type: dynamicpreprocessor

It errors out like it can't find the dynamic
preprocessor files or something.  This is really
strange.

AG

--- Justin Heath <justin.heath () gmail com> wrote:

> ./configure --prefix=wherever --enable-dynamicplugin
> && make && make install
> cp -r etc wherever
> edit snort.conf to point to the correct location of
> the dynamicpreprocessors
> lib directory and change the path for dynamicengine
> to point to the
> dynamicengine file itself.
>
> If you are using FreeBSD, OpenBSD or OS X look at
> the INSTALL guide in the
> doc directory of the source tarball for specific
> instructions for those
> platforms.
>
> You can also just use the command line switches
> --dynamic preprocessor-lib,
> --dynamic preprocessor-lib-dir and
> --dynamic-engine-lib.
>
>
> On 10/20/06, Aaron Giuoco <agiuoco () yahoo com> wrote:
> > No, the paths are good.  I tried pointing the
> .conf
> > file to the actual files instead of the directory
> and
> > still got the same error message.
> >
> > When I comment out the dynamicpreprocessor lines
> and
> > the associated preprocessors further down in the
> .conf
> > file, Snort starts just fine.  I can't seem to get
> it
> > to work with the dynamic preprocessors.
> >
> > AG
> >
> > --- Justin Heath <justin.heath () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > Check the paths in snort.conf for
> > > dynamicpreprocessors and dynamicengine.
> > >
> > > On 10/20/06, Aaron Giuoco <agiuoco () yahoo com>
> wrote:
> > > > I am using Snort 2.6.0.2 (build 85).  I am
> trying
> > > to
> > > > run snort with the following command line
> options:
> > > > snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
> > > >
> > > > When do, I get the error message:
> > > >
> > > > ERROR: /etc/snort/snort.conf(184) => unknown
> rule
> > > > type: dynamicpreprocessor
> > > >
> > > > I have compiled snort from the tar package
> with
> > > the
> > > > --enable-dynamicplugin option.  Any idea why
> am
> > > > getting this error message?  Thanks
> > > >
> > > > AG
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