Installing & Configuring snort

[Damien Hull <dhull () section9 us>]

I've played around with snort off and on for the past couple of years.
Every time I use it I run into the same problem. It doesn't seem to
work after following the instructions. I must be missing something.

OS: Ubuntu 10.04 server
SNORT: 2.9.3.1
Instructions: The Ubuntu-10.04-LTS instructions on the snort.org website.
Barnyard2: Installed and configured
MySQL: Using this and it seems to work
Snort Rules: 2923

Problem #1
The dynamic rules don't work for some reason. I commented out the
"dynamicdetection" line to turn that off.

Problem #2
I'm not getting any alerts. I added sfportscan to snort.conf but I'm
getting no action in the log file.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Live Security Virtual Conference
Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and 
threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions 
will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware 
threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/
_______________________________________________
Snort-users mailing list
Snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users
Snort-users list archive:
http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users

Please visit http://blog.snort.org to stay current on all the latest Snort news!