Re: $eth1_ADDRESS still a valid variable in 2.9.7.0?

["Starner, Mark" <mark.starner () unisys com>]

Ok.. I get that…. So I come back to my original question.

 

How do I get $ethX_ADDRESS variables assigned if –enable-sourcefire is configured and I am not running snort as root? I 
thought running as root was a bad idea?

 

Here is the section of code from parser.c

 

#ifndef SOURCEFIRE

    /* If snort is not run with root privileges, no interfaces will be defined,

     * so user beware if an iface_ADDRESS variable is used in snort.conf and

     * snort is not run as root (even if just in read mode) */

    DefineAllIfaceVars(sc);

#endif

 

Is there another way to enable that?

 

Curious what the thinking is here?

 

Thanks

Mark

 

 

From: Joel Esler (jesler) [mailto:jesler () cisco com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:21 PM
To: Starner, Mark
Cc: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: Re: [Snort-users] $eth1_ADDRESS still a valid variable in 2.9.7.0?

 

Unfortunately that disables everything that we test against with the ruleset.  I suggest you not do that. 

 

 

On Feb 17, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Starner, Mark <mark.starner () unisys com <mailto:mark.starner () unisys com> > wrote:

 

I retract my question. I configured “—enable-sourcefire” for the first time and found the comment in parser.c that said 
the $IF_ADDRESS variables are not defined if Sourcefire is enabled and snort is not running as root. So I recompiled 
without “—enable-sourcefire” and all is well.

 

Maybe this will help anyone else who comes across this.

 

Mark

 

 

From: Starner, Mark [mailto:mark.starner () unisys com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:33 AM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net <mailto:snort-users () lists sourceforge net> 
Subject: [Snort-users] $eth1_ADDRESS still a valid variable in 2.9.7.0?

 

I use $eth1_ADDRESS in one of my local rules, and when snort 2.9.7.0 starts, it says:

ERROR: rules/local.rules(8) Undefined variable in the string: $eth1_ADDRESS.

 

I think I encountered this with a previous upgrade, but I don’t recall how I resolved it.

 

So

1)      Is this still valid with 2.9.7.0?

2)      If Yes, then what would cause this NOT to be defined (yes, I verified I have an eth1 and it has an IP address 
defined.

 

Thanks

Mark

 

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