Re: Newbie Problem

["Alex Alborzfard" <aalborz06 () gmail com>]

Ok I tried to point to the path in snort.conf, but it didn't work. The
directory path holding the dynamic engine library file is:
D:\Snort\lib\snort_dynamicengine and the only library file name there is:
sf_engine.dll.
So I specified the paths to dynamicengine and dynamic preprocessor on the
command line and it worked.
But now I get a different error:

ERROR: OpenAlertFile() => fopen() alert file log/alert.ids: No such file or
directory


I can't find this file anywhere under Snort installation directory or any
reference to it in Snort.conf. Do I have to create this file? Otherwise
where or how do I have to specify the path to this file?

TIA

Alex

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Todd Wease <twease () sourcefire com> wrote:

> Alex,
>
> You need to configure the path to that in snort.conf (look for "Step #2:
> Configure dynamic loaded libraries" in snort.conf) or alternatively specify
> the path on the command line (run Snort with the '-h' option or take a look
> at doc/README).
>
> Todd
>
>
> Alex Alborzfard wrote:
>
> > No I didn't. I specified the path and this time I didn't get the error,
> > but
> > got this one:
> >
> >  Failed to load /usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicengine/libsf_engine.so: 126
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Todd Wease <twease () sourcefire com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >  Alex,
> > > Did you specify the path to snort.conf on the command line via the '-c'
> > > switch?
> > >
> > > Todd
> > >
> > > Alex Alborzfard wrote:
> > >
> > >  I've installed latest Snort (2.8) on a Win2K pro box with winpcap.
> > > > When I run snort I get the following error:
> > > >
> > > > ERROR: Unable to open rules file: snort.conf or ./snort.conf
> > > >
> > > > I modified snort.conf to point to the correct directory path, but I
> > > > still
> > > > get the error.
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >
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