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    • C Offline
      ColdFusion
      last edited by

      seems to work now, no errors in log.

      thanks for the update..

      John

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        simonchs
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        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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                                        jamesdean
                                        last edited by

                                        Fixed the problem waiting for new snort packages to be built.

                                        Please be pationant.

                                        Snort will be working on pfsense 1.2.2 soon.

                                        james

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                                          Guest
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                                          Welp i'm having similar problem with snort too.  I reinstalled a fresh copy of pfsense 1.2.2 because i mess it up and when it was running i had snort running beautifully until i reinstall snort after i did a fresh install of pfsense.  Before i install Snort i looked at the platform and it was for 1.2.3 but i was hoping it would work for 1.2.2 but i guess not.  Will the fix be up soon?  I would also like to suggest or request something from the pfsense team to put up multiple applicatoin for different platform so we won't get confuse.
                                          For example:  Snort 1.2.2
                                                            Snort 1.2.3
                                          Instead of a just single update.  Anyhow, you guys are doing a great job and we all appreciated.  Please let us know when the fix is up.  Thanks for everything.  Look foward to the fix.

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                                            lordarcane
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                                            I´ll guess that my problem is related to the fact that I updated snort and now i´m unable to update the rules. Getting md5 signature mismatch and snort refuses to start.

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