Re: Snort appears to be successfully compiled, but I cannot run it.

[Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com>]

If you are compiling from source there is an example config file in the
tarball. Just copy and modify to meet your needs.  There should also be one
in the rules tarball too.
On Jan 20, 2014 7:45 AM, "Gee Zany" <krimpton11 () outlook com> wrote:

> Okay I guess I found out the reason why. Snort, when compiled from source,
> is not detected as a program by the command 'which' .
>
> I have to cd to /usr/local/snort/bin and execute './snort' instead.  The
> first execution has some errors which were solved by 'sudo ldconfig' .
>
> I have another query though, is snort.conf supposed to be manually created
> by ourselves ?
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> From: krimpton11 () outlook com
> To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 15:26:28 +0100
> Subject: [Snort-users] Snort appears to be successfully compiled, but I
> cannot run it.
>
> I followed the steps in this PDF
> http://www.snort.org/assets/158/snortinstallguide293.pdf for my
> installation of Snort on my LinuxMint OS.
>
> Had huge trouble with libdnet, but it finally got solved with "apt-get
> install libdumbnet-dev" . Could this be the cause ? Anyway, it allowed me
> to continue with the daq installation..
>
> When I entered ' which snort' in terminal, nothing appeared.
>
> But doing a 'locate snort' lists many directories in which snort can be
> found..
>
> Examples are :
>
> /usr/local/snort
> /usr/local/snort/bin
> /usr/local/snort/src
> ......
> /usr/local/snort/include/snort/dynamic_output
> ....
> /usr/local/snort/lib/pkgconfig
> .....
> /usr/local/snort/src/snort_dynamicsrc/stream_api.h
> .....
>
> I am really at a loss at what to do now. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
>
>
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