Re: Snort Configuration ERROR

[Amal Saeed <amal.saeed () simmons edu>]

Thank you! Commenting out line 325 did the trick.

Thank you so much for your help and quick response!

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Michael Steele <michaels () winsnort com>
wrote:

> You are most likely having problems with line 325, and possibly 326.
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> Snort does not bundle optional 3rd party libraries, and they need to be
> included when Snort is compiled
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> For Windows; line 325 is the only line that needs hashed out because we
> need liblzma included, and I’m not sure how to do that with Windows.
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> Kindest regards,
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> Michael...
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> *From:* Amal Saeed [mailto:amal.saeed () simmons edu]
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 19, 2016 10:08 PM
> *To:* snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> *Subject:* [Snort-users] Snort Configuration ERROR
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> Hi,
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> I'm having a lot of trouble trying to validate my configuration of Snort.
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> I'm entering this command:
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> sudo snort -T -i eth0 -u snort -g snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
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> And then it will run, but at the end, I get this error:
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> ERROR: /etc/snort/snort.conf(326) => Invalid keyword '}' for server
> configuration.
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> Fatal Error, Quitting..
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> I've seen other posts from people who've recently gotten this error too,
> but I've seen no solution. I tried commenting line 326 out in my snort.conf
> file, but then the error just kept moving to the following lines.
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> Can someone please help? I'm installing Snort on a Ubuntu VM.
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> Thanks.
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> --
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> Amal Saeed
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> Simmons College '17, B.S. Computer Science & Information Technology
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> Secretary, 2017 Class Council
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> Co-Vice President, Computer Science & Mathematics Liaison
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> Technology Assistant, *Simmons Technology Support Center*



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Amal Saeed
Simmons College '17, B.S. Computer Science & Information Technology
Secretary, 2017 Class Council
Co-Vice President, Computer Science & Mathematics Liaison
Technology Assistant, *Simmons Technology Support Center*

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