[arch-general] Problems with snort package

[Kessia 'even' Pinheiro]

Sorry, i forgot add a issue [1] in bugtracker. . . Someone add this
bug, but solves with a patch. I do a new package. =)

[1] http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10775?string=snort&project=0&search_name=&type[0]=&sev[0]=&pri[0]=&due[0]=&reported[0]=&cat[0]=&status[0]=open&percent[0]=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Angel Velásquez <angvp at archlinux.com.ve> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Kessia 'even' Pinheiro
> <kessiapinheiro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>
> Hi Kessia! our beloved brazilian hacker girl.
>
>>
>> I did a snort instalation using the package from extra, but i got some
>> problems. The package does not works after a fresh install. The
>> problems are:
>>
>> - There are some problematic links with /usr/src/lib/snort_*
>> - The conf /etc/snort/snort.conf doesn't load the rules, because the
>> rules arent there!
>> - The start script /etc/rc.d/snort doesn't start because the
>> $SNORT_ARGS is blank. That should be some SNORT_OPTIONS and they
>> are in /etc/conf.d/snort, but are never read.
>> - The /etc/conf.d/snort is never used, and the security or
>> incremental arguments like user, group or interface aren't used. So
>> the user can edit it, but will never have efect.
>>
>> So, after that (and some more problems that i do not remember, I
>> made another package [1], fixed all the problems and made some changes.
>>
>> [1] http://even.archlinux-br.org/things/arch/snort.tar.gz
>>
>> Thats all!
>
> Good work!, Imho you should send an e-mail to Andreas Radke (who is the
> maintainer) to report the issues, also open a bug in the bugtracker
> (http://bugs.archlinux.org) and post something on the forum
> http://bbs.archlinux.org then an answer should arrive.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> --
> Angel Velásquez
> angvp @ irc.freenode.net
> Linux Counter: #359909
> Arch Linux Trusted User



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Kessia Pinheiro
Bacharelanda em Ciência da Computação - UFBa
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Colaboradora do Projeto Arch Linux Brasil
http://even.archlinux-br.org