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      jamesdean
      last edited by

      Hi.

      Sorry I have been gone. I just started a new job and have been really busy.

      Snort 2.8.4.1 right now does not work because the mysql client port is out of date.

      Mysql client needs to be at mysql 5.1, dependencies libdnet-1.11_3.tbz and pcre.7.9 must be installed.

      Moreover, It seems that the snort port and the mysql client port were built on different machines.
      Sourcefire is using the new RPC2 netbios rules so snort needs to be at snort 2.8.4.1.

      My snort.inc is good so theres no need to comment out the RPC2 options.

      I emailed the core team on how to fix the package hopefully this will be resolved today.
      I'll be hear all day so, please ask and I will respond to any messages.

      thanx

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        firbc
        last edited by

        @shaddow501:

        Well it is not really fixed…. netbios rules still get snort to fail.

        Same problem here.

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          jamesdean
          last edited by

          @firbc:

          @shaddow501:

          Well it is not really fixed…. netbios rules still get snort to fail.

          Same problem here.

          reinstall the snort. should work now.

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            ColdFusion
            last edited by

            seems to work now, no errors in log.

            thanks for the update..

            John

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              simonchs
              last edited by

              i've just reinstalled twice the snort package, but i can't start-up the snort service, here are the log:

              May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23564]: Initializing daemon mode
              May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23564]: Initializing daemon mode
              May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
              May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
              May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em1.pid" for PID "23567"
              May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em1.pid" for PID "23567"
              May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Child exited unexpectedly
              May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Child exited unexpectedly
              May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Daemon parent exiting
              May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Daemon parent exiting
              May 26 18:35:56 xxxxx snort2c[23647]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 23647
              May 26 18:35:56 xxxxx snort2c[23647]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 23647
              May 26 18:36:13 xxxxx SnortStartup[23667]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 59M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 59M -- Mode ac-bnfa -- Snort memory usage:

              i've tried to stop the snort service, remove the file /var/run/snort_em1.pid.lck and start the snort service again, and even reboot my pfsense, but got the same log as above.

              any trick?

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                ColdFusion
                last edited by

                Did you update the rules at all after installation? If not update..should start.

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                  Slam
                  last edited by

                  Seems to be working great on pfs 1.2.3 w/dual wan & CP, thanks for the update.

                  Slam

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                    jamesdean
                    last edited by

                    @simonchs:

                    i've just reinstalled twice the snort package, but i can't start-up the snort service, here are the log:

                    May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23564]: Initializing daemon mode
                    May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23564]: Initializing daemon mode
                    May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                    May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                    May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em1.pid" for PID "23567"
                    May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em1.pid" for PID "23567"
                    May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Child exited unexpectedly
                    May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Child exited unexpectedly
                    May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Daemon parent exiting
                    May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Daemon parent exiting
                    May 26 18:35:56 xxxxx snort2c[23647]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 23647
                    May 26 18:35:56 xxxxx snort2c[23647]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 23647
                    May 26 18:36:13 xxxxx SnortStartup[23667]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 59M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 59M -- Mode ac-bnfa -- Snort memory usage:

                    i've tried to stop the snort service, remove the file /var/run/snort_em1.pid.lck and start the snort service again, and even reboot my pfsense, but got the same log as above.

                    any trick?

                    If any of you are still having problems. Please fallow these steps.

                    1. Reinstall snort. (So that the new code gets updated.)

                    2. Deinstall snort. (New code deinstalls all the old snort packages.)

                    3. Install the snort package.

                    4. Update the rules.

                    Finished, snort should work now.

                    James

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                      simonchs
                      last edited by

                      @ColdFusion:

                      Did you update the rules at all after installation? If not update..should start.

                      yes, i've update the rules once the install/re-install complete.

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                        simonchs
                        last edited by

                        @jamesdean:

                        @simonchs:

                        i've just reinstalled twice the snort package, but i can't start-up the snort service, here are the log:

                        May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23564]: Initializing daemon mode
                        May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23564]: Initializing daemon mode
                        May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                        May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: PID path stat checked out ok, PID path set to /var/run/
                        May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em1.pid" for PID "23567"
                        May 26 18:35:47 xxxxx snort[23567]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_em1.pid" for PID "23567"
                        May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Child exited unexpectedly
                        May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Child exited unexpectedly
                        May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Daemon parent exiting
                        May 26 18:35:48 xxxxx snort[23564]: Daemon parent exiting
                        May 26 18:35:56 xxxxx snort2c[23647]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 23647
                        May 26 18:35:56 xxxxx snort2c[23647]: snort2c running in daemon mode pid: 23647
                        May 26 18:36:13 xxxxx SnortStartup[23667]: Ram free BEFORE starting Snort: 59M – Ram free AFTER starting Snort: 59M -- Mode ac-bnfa -- Snort memory usage:

                        i've tried to stop the snort service, remove the file /var/run/snort_em1.pid.lck and start the snort service again, and even reboot my pfsense, but got the same log as above.

                        any trick?

                        If any of you are still having problems. Please fallow these steps.

                        1. Reinstall snort. (So that the new code gets updated.)

                        2. Deinstall snort. (New code deinstalls all the old snort packages.)

                        3. Install the snort package.

                        4. Update the rules.

                        Finished, snort should work now.

                        James

                        thanks James, still no luck, same log shown as above post. the "snort" can't start while the "snort2c" can run.

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                          simonchs
                          last edited by

                          i've just modified /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh and changed:
                          snort -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort -D -i em1 -A fast -q
                          to:
                          snort -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort -i em1 -A fast -q &
                          then the snort work properly

                          is there any way to trace the problem?

                          thanks.

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                            firbc
                            last edited by

                            I have similar problem:

                            snort[1317]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_xl0.pid" for PID "1317"
                            snort[1317]: FATAL ERROR: Failed to Lock PID File "/var/run//snort_xl0.pid" for PID "1317"

                            Also snort do not work after reboot. It starts, it is also loaded to memory but not working.  I have to clean alert logs and after that snort restart itself and then start to work.

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                              jamesdean
                              last edited by

                              Hey firbc, simonchs..

                              Can you guys tell me what version of pfsense your running. I have a feeling its 1.2 and not 1.2.3.

                              Also, please tell me whats the output of "pkg_info".

                              Help me help you.
                              james

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                                simonchs
                                last edited by

                                running pfsense 1.2.2

                                and the output of pkg_info:

                                arc-5.21o_1        Create & extract files from DOS .ARC files
                                arj-3.10.22_1      Open-source ARJ
                                bandwidthd-2.0.1_1  Tracks bandwidth usage by IP address
                                clamav-0.93.1_2    Command line virus scanner written entirely in C
                                gd-2.0.35,1        A graphics library for fast creation of images
                                havp-0.88          HTTP Antivirus Proxy
                                jpeg-6b_4          IJG's jpeg compression utilities
                                lha-1.14i_6        Archive files using LZSS and Huffman compression (.lzh file
                                libdnet-1.11_3      A simple interface to low level networking routines
                                libgmp-4.2.2        A free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic
                                libiconv-1.11_1    A character set conversion library
                                lightsquid-1.7.1_1  A light and fast web based squid proxy traffic analyser
                                mysql-client-5.1.34 Multithreaded SQL database (client)
                                openldap-client-2.4.10 Open source LDAP client implementation
                                openldap-client-2.4.11 Open source LDAP client implementation
                                p5-GD-2.39          A perl5 interface to Gd Graphics Library version2
                                pcre-7.9            Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
                                perl-5.8.8_1        Practical Extraction and Report Language
                                snort-2.8.4.1      Lightweight network intrusion detection system
                                squid-2.6.21        HTTP Caching Proxy
                                squid_radius_auth-1.10 RADIUS authenticator for squid proxy 2.5 and later
                                unzoo-4.4_2        A zoo archive extractor

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                                  jamesdean
                                  last edited by

                                  Simochs

                                  Your setup looks fine.

                                  Have you tryed this.
                                  Type this in the terminal "rm -r /var/run/snort*"

                                  Restart snort.

                                  If snort still fails type this in so that I can have a better output of the error.

                                  "snort -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort -v -i ng0 -A fast"

                                  Help me help you
                                  James

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                                    simonchs
                                    last edited by

                                    yes, i've tried "rm -r /var/run/snort*" and restart snort, still failed.

                                    when i type "snort -c /usr/local/etc/snort/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort -v -i ng0 -A fast", snort keep running and do not have error. as my previous modify to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/snort.sh, i can run snort without -D parameter.

                                    so i guess the snort binary cannot "daemonize" itself?

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                                      jamesdean
                                      last edited by

                                      That is a realy wierd error ? I have never seen a error in snort were -D is the cause.

                                      What version of 1.2.2 do you have scmochs ?

                                      Right now Im runing 1.2.3. So im going to have to install 1.2 and retest snort.
                                      Then im going to install all your packages and try to reproduce your error.

                                      If there are no errors when I install pfsense 1.2 with the new snort package then you need a fresh install, mabe pfsense 1.2.3.

                                      Get some sleep, I will figure this out.

                                      help me help you
                                      rob

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                                        simonchs
                                        last edited by

                                        i'm running pfsense version 1.2.2

                                        thanks James

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                                          jamesdean
                                          last edited by

                                          @simonchs:

                                          i'm running pfsense version 1.2.2

                                          thanks James

                                          Theres usually a date like mine says

                                          1.2.3-RC1
                                          built on Wed Apr 22 15:36:34 EDT 2009

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                                            firbc
                                            last edited by

                                            @jamesdean:

                                            Hey firbc, simonchs..

                                            Can you guys tell me what version of pfsense your running. I have a feeling its 1.2 and not 1.2.3.

                                            Also, please tell me whats the output of "pkg_info".

                                            Help me help you.
                                            james

                                            I am running version 1.2.3-RC1, built on Fri May 22 16:32:57 EDT 2009 of pfSense.

                                            bandwidthd-2.0.1_1  Tracks bandwidth usage by IP address
                                            gd-2.0.35,1        A graphics library for fast creation of images
                                            grub-0.97_1        GRand Unified Bootloader
                                            jpeg-6b_4          IJG's jpeg compression utilities
                                            libdnet-1.11_3      A simple interface to low level networking routines
                                            libiconv-1.11_1    A character set conversion library
                                            libosip-3.1.0      A low layer of SIP implementation
                                            mysql-client-5.0.77_1 Multithreaded SQL database (client)
                                            mysql-client-5.1.34 Multithreaded SQL database (client)
                                            packages            BSD Installer mega-package
                                            pcre-7.8            Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
                                            pcre-7.9            Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library
                                            siproxd-0.7.0_1    A proxy/masquerading daemon for the SIP protocol
                                            snort-2.8.4.1      Lightweight network intrusion detection system

                                            Any idea? Thx

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