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Date:      Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:13:04 +1200
From:      Andrew Thompson <andy@sambolian.net.nz>
To:        dawnshade <h-k@mail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Re[2]: Snort problem.
Message-ID:  <1026465184.3d2e9da02c762@webmail.sambolian.net.nz>
In-Reply-To: <29552793875.20020712094517@mail.ru>
References:  <60550254524.20020712090257@mail.ru> <20020712053845.GA89208@i-sphere.com> <29552793875.20020712094517@mail.ru>

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Have you got any snort rules loaded? it will say that it has loaded x number of
rules when it starts up.  I have been caught out before when it has not logged
anything, and it turned out that no rules were loaded.


--Andy


Quoting dawnshade <h-k@mail.ru>:

> Hello faSty,
> 
> Friday, July 12, 2002, 9:38:45 AM, you wrote:
> 
> f> Did you check /var/log/messages because -s mean it goes directly syslogd
> send
> f> to /var/log/messages. Depend on what your syslogd.conf unless it is
> default
> f> syslogd.conf then check /var/log/messages.
> 
> f> My snort on bridge look like:
> f> /usr/local/bin/snort -A full -D -e -d -s -i fxp1 -c
> /usr/local/etc/snort.conf
> 
> f> -fasty
> 
> f> On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 09:02:57AM +0400, dawnshade wrote:
> >>  I have a little problem:
> >>  install, configure snort (1.8.6 (Build 105)).
> >>  Run: /usr/local/bin/snort -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf -s -A full
> -d -D -l /usr/log/snort
> >> 
> >>  But the snort does nothing: not log or alert scans, portscans,
> >>  etc....
> >>  
> >>  thank all for advance.
> >>   
> >> 
> 
> in syslog.conf i added these lines:
> 
> LOG_ALERT                                     /usr/log/snort.log
> LOG_AUTHPRIV                                  /usr/log/snort.log  
> 
> In messages only starting message snort:
> 
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx /kernel: cp0: promiscuous mode enabled
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx snort: Initializing daemon mode 
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx snort: PID stat checked out ok, PID set to /var/run/ 
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx snort: Writing PID file to "/var/run/" 
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx snort: WARNING: command line overrides rules file alert
> plugin!
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx snort: WARNING: command line overrides rules file alert
> plugin! 
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx snort: limit == 128 
> Jul 12 09:44:01 mx snort: UnifiedLogFilename = snort.log 
> Jul 12 09:44:02 mx snort[21582]: Snort initialization completed successfully,
> Snort running
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  dawnshade                            mailto:h-k@mail.ru
> 
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