Re: Snort failed to stay up after upgrade to 2.9.6.0

[Feroz Basir <feroz.basir () gmail com>]

Hi,

Yes, first thing I tried was adding library path in /etc/init.d/snortd and it does the job. Strange enough older 
version has worked really well. Only new version got some hiccup for me.

Thanks all.


Regards,
Feroz Basir

> On 21 Feb 2014, at 02:23, Bill Bernsen <bill.bernsen () nyu edu> wrote:
>
> Alternatively, add this line at the top of your /etc/init.d/snortd file:
>
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
> Which will cause LD to search /usr/lib64 for libraries first
>
> - Bill
>
>
> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Richard Harman Jr (rharmanj) <rharmanj () cisco com> wrote:
> > Sounds like this is a linux box, - shared libraries are configured via /etc/ld.so.conf, or 
> > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/random_files_here.
> >
> > For some reason, the dell utilities with their packaged libraries are being loaded ahead of the system one, so try 
> > changing the order of the lines in /etc/ld.so.conf, or add some numbers to the beginning of the files in 
> > /etc/ld.so.conf.d.  E.g. If you had some oracle install, and it put a "oracle" file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d, try 
> > renaming it to "30_oracle".
> >
> > Check the order of libraries being loaded with:
> >
> > $ ldconfig -v | grep ^/
> >
> > It's also possible that since this was compiled, that the binary has the path to the library compiled in.  If 
> > tweaking the ld.so.conf stuff doesn't immediately fix it, try recompiling snort after tweaking the ld.so.conf 
> > configs.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Feroz Basir <feroz.basir () gmail com>
> > Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 4:42 AM
> > To: "snort-users () lists sourceforge net" <snort-users () lists sourceforge net>
> > Cc: SnortFan <SnortFan () yahoo com>
> > Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Snort failed to stay up after upgrade to 2.9.6.0
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Found the problem. For some reason /usr/sbin/snort uses libdnet.so.1 from /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/libdnet.so.1 
> > instead of from /usr/lib64/libdnet.so.1 .
> >
> > Now, how can I get snort binary to use libdnet from /usr/lib64 instead?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
> >
> > On 20 Feb 2014, at 15:39, Feroz Basir <feroz.basir () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > To paste everything is not possible as I have to type one by one. Don't ask why. Don't want to get into it :)
> > ldconfig -p | grep libdnet
> > libdnet.so.1 (libc6, x86-64) => /opt/dell/srvadmin/lib64/libdnet.so.1
> > libdnet.so.1 (libc6, x86-64) => /usr/lib64/libdnet.so.1
> > libdnet.so (libc6,x86) => /usr/lib64/libdnet.so
> > snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i eth0
> > .
> > .
> > .
> > Pcap DAQ configured to passive
> > Acquiring network traffic from eth0
> > Reload thread starting
> > Reload thread started, thread 0x7f7856b0f700
> > Decoding Ethernet
> > snort: symbol lookup error: snort: undefined symbol: rand_open
> > Then back to prompt.
> > Thanks.
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
> > On 20 Feb 2014, at 14:30, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com> wrote:
> > If you would really like some help you really need to be more
> > forthcoming on information.  We can't see the screen in front of you
> > and single line replies aren't working out.
> > What commands are you running.  Please paste the command and the
> > output so we can see what you are seeing and not just get a summery.
> > You mentioned a problem with libdnet, have you tried 'ldconfig -p
> > |grep dnet' to see if it's even seen by the system?
> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:19 AM, Feroz Basir <feroz.basir () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've done checking with ldd. There was no error came back, like I said on my
> > previous email.
> > Thanks.
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
> > On 20 Feb 2014, at 10:58, SnortFan <SnortFan () yahoo com> wrote:
> > Just for grins, cd into the directory where the snort exe is and run: ldd
> > snort
> > This will show if you have any lib references messed up. When I did my
> > upgrade I goofed on a couple of my sensors and performed the upgrade while
> > still having the older version of snort still running. Yeah, not a good
> > idea.
> > Cheers,
> > Ed
> > Sent from a mobile device.
> > On Feb 19, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Feroz Basir <feroz.basir () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I used rpm source from snort website. There was no error on rpmbuild
> > command.
> > Thanks.
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
> > On 20 Feb 2014, at 03:15, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com> wrote:
> > What us the exact error, not looks like.  You said you compiled this
> > yourself, did it compile and install ok?
> > On Feb 19, 2014 12:03 PM, "Feroz Basir" <feroz.basir () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > My bad. Should have run as root :). Now I'm getting this error:
> > Snort: symbol lookup error: snort: undefined symbol: rand_open
> > Googling shows something to do with libdnet. Mine is ver 1.12. lddconfig
> > -v shown no error.
> > Thanks.
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
> > On 20 Feb 2014, at 02:48, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com> wrote:
> > try as root?
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Feroz Basir <feroz.basir () gmail com>
> > wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've run snort manually. Now I could see the actual error. See below:
> > Error: can't start DAQ (-1) - socket: operation not permitted.
> > My DAQ version is 2.0.2
> > Any ideas? Thanks again.
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
> > On 20 Feb 2014, at 02:01, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com> wrote:
> > -T just tests the snort.conf.
> > For the next test, don't run snort off of init (that's odd that it
> > doesn't log anything to syslog) and run it in the foreground and see
> > what's failing) but run it locally:
> > snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i eth_whatever
> > See what it says, see if you get too
> > "Commencing packet processing (pid=????)"
> > Once you get there, let it run for a bit then cntrl-c to break it,
> > look at the info presented.
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Feroz Basir <feroz.basir () gmail com>
> > wrote:
> > Hi,
> > /var/log/messages file shown NIC enter promiscuous mode, then NIC
> > exit promiscuous mode. Nothing in syslog log file.
> > Thanks.
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
> > On 20 Feb 2014, at 01:22, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel () gmail com> wrote:
> > Do you have any error messages from the syslog?
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Feroz Basir
> > <feroz.basir () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm running snort 2.9.4.6. I upgraded to version 2.9.6.0. Smooth
> > upgrade process, but then when I restarted snortd service, snort process
> > failed to stay up. Messages log file shown NIC enter promiscuous mode, then
> > NIC exit promiscuous mode. I've run with -T and everything was OK.
> > Anybody could help me, please?
> > Thank you.
> > Regards,
> > Feroz Basir
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> Bill Bernsen                                                    Network Security Analyst
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