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    Snort not started on pfsense 2.0 beta 4

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved pfSense Packages
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      Born in the USSR
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      Sep 5 13:04:43 SnortStartup[12689]: Toggle for 22295_fxp0…
      Sep 5 13:04:43 snort[19383]: FATAL ERROR: User "snort" unknown.
      Sep 5 13:04:43 snort[19383]: FATAL ERROR: User "snort" unknown.
      Sep 5 13:04:43 SnortStartup[19447]: Interface Rule START for 0_22295_fxp0…

      2.0-BETA4  (i386)
      built on Sat Sep 4 11:29:52 EDT 2010
      FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
      i386

      SNORT 2.8.6.1 pkg v. 1.33

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        jamesdean
        last edited by

        For some reason post install code did not work on your installation.

        Reinstall or do this in the command line.

        /usr/sbin/pw groupadd snort -g 920

        and

        /usr/sbin/pw useradd snort -u 920 -c "Snort User" -d /nonexistent -g snort -s /sbin/nologin

        James

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