Re: Problem running snort

[Zakai Kinan <titanyen2000 () yahoo com>]

Thanks folks.  That was my mistake.  The problem was on the command line.   

--- On Tue, 9/8/09, Alex Manchester <amanchester () gmail com> wrote:

> From: Alex Manchester <amanchester () gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Problem running snort
> To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 10:31 AM
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> Double check -c /etc/snort.conf. It may need to be -c
> /etc/snort/snort.conf
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> From: Burks, Doug [mailto:doug.burks () morris com]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:38 PM
> To: Zakai Kinan; snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Problem running snort
>
> Hi Zakai,
>
> What is the full command-line you are using to start
> Snort?  What
> happens if you start Snort like this?
> snort -c /etc/snort.conf
>
> Thanks,
> Doug Burks
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Zakai Kinan [mailto:titanyen2000 () yahoo com]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:23 PM
> To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: [Snort-users] Problem running snort
>
> I just installed snort 2.8.4.1 on linux lenny and I am
> getting this
> error:  "ERROR: ValidateBPF() FSM compilation failed:
>
>         syntax error
> PCAP command: /etc/snort.conf
> Fatal Error, Quitting.."
>
> I compiled both snort and libpcap 1.0.  So far, google
> has not been my
> friend.  The installation went fine.  Does anyone
> have a clue?
>
>
> TIA,
>
> ZK 
>
>
>
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