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<P>its a typo in the syntax! file: etc\snort_conf changed to snort.conf all is cool now thanks!<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: sekure <sekure@gmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: sekure <sekure@gmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>>To: RD R <careergeek@hotmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>>CC: snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Snort-users] ERROR Unable to open rules file: etc\snort_conf or etc\etc\snort_conf
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:51:13 -0400
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>What's the path and the full name of your snort conf file?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>----- Original Message -----
<DIV></DIV>>From: RD R <careergeek@hotmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:27:01 -0400
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Snort-users] ERROR Unable to open rules file: etc\snort_conf
<DIV></DIV>>or etc\etc\snort_conf
<DIV></DIV>>To: snort-users@lists.sourceforge.net
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>My snort XP box was working great and now this error? I have acid and
<DIV></DIV>>mysql installed. How can I resolve this? What is the cause? I even
<DIV></DIV>>reinstalled snort!
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>C:\Snort>snort -c etc\snort_conf -i 1
<DIV></DIV>>Running in IDS mode
<DIV></DIV>>Log directory = log
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Network Interface \Device\NPF_{61B352CA-7DC8-411F-867D-CF8489DAF960
<DIV></DIV>>}
<DIV></DIV>> --== Initializing Snort ==--
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Output Plugins!
<DIV></DIV>>Decoding Ethernet on interface \Device\NPF_{61B352CA-7DC8-411F-867D-CF8489DAF960
<DIV></DIV>>}
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Preprocessors!
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Plug-ins!
<DIV></DIV>>Parsing Rules file etc\snort_conf
<DIV></DIV>& gt;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing rule chains...
<DIV></DIV>>ERROR: Unable to open rules file: etc\snort_conf or etc\etc\snort_conf
<DIV></DIV>>Fatal Error, Quitting..
<DIV></DIV>>C:\Snort>snort -c etc\snort_conf -i 1
<DIV></DIV>>Running in IDS mode
<DIV></DIV>>Log directory = log
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Network Interface \Device\NPF_{61B352CA-7DC8-411F-867D-CF8489DAF960
<DIV></DIV>>}
<DIV></DIV>> --== Initializing Snort ==--
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Output Plugins!
<DIV></DIV>>Decoding Ethernet on interface \Device\NPF_{61B352CA-7DC8-411F-867D-CF8489DAF960
<DIV></DIV>>}
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Preprocessors!
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing Plug-ins!
<DIV></DIV>>Parsing Rules file etc\snort_conf
<DIV></DIV>& gt;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
++++++++++++++
<DIV></DIV>>Initializing rule chains...
<DIV></DIV>>ERROR: Unable to open rules file: etc\snort_conf or etc\etc\snort_conf
<DIV></DIV>>Fatal Error, Quitting..
<DIV></DIV>>C:\Snort>
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