Re: OpenPcap() error

[Erek Adams <erek () snort org>]

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Robert Cole wrote:

[...snip...]

> and the /etc/init.d/snort startup script. I'm working on clairifying that
> SNORT_OPS is just pointing to /etc/snort/snort.conf

[...snip...]

> start() {
>       checkconfig || return 1
>       ebegin "Starting snort"
>       start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/bin/snort \
>               -- ${SNORT_OPTS} >/dev/null 2>&1
>       eend $?
> }

[...snip...]

Make sure that SNORT_OPTS == "-c /etc/snort/snort.conf".  If you don't
have the -c snort thinks that /etc/snort/snort.conf is a BPF filter and
tries to apply it to libpcap.

Make your life simpler:

        ln -s /etc/snort/snort.conf /etc/snort.conf

/etc/snort.conf is one of the files that Snort checks for upon startup.

I'll bet that you can from the command line:

        snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf

And it'll work just dandy.

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams

   "When things get weird, the weird turn pro."   H.S. Thompson


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