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      rudfinch
      last edited by

      Hello all–

      I have same error after upgrade to 7-june and 8-june pfsense2-RC2 amd64 full.

      after I ln -s /lib/libpcap.so.7 to /usr/local/lib/libpcap.so.1
      and try running snort on the web-configurator I got unsupported output plugin: "alert_pf" error on my syslog...

      @th3r3isnospoon:
      ERROR: parser.c(5165) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/local/lib/snort_dynamicpreprocessor/": No such file or directory.
      is dynamic lib path error.. the path in pfsense is "/usr/local/lib/snort/dynamicpreprocessor/"

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        th3r3isnospoon
        last edited by

        FWIW, I submitted a bug report.

        http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1590

        -th3r3isnospoon

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          akm22562
          last edited by

          Hi all,

          I have the exact same console output.  The interesting thing is syslog.

          In the latest release of pfsense 2.0-RC2 I can't get Snort to start.  The syslog reveals the following:

          Jun 9 07:12:19 SnortStartup[63658]: Snort HARD Reload For 34679_sis0…
          Jun 9 07:12:19 snort[56907]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_34679_sis0/snort.conf(207) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"
          Jun 9 07:12:19 snort[56907]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_34679_sis0/snort.conf(207) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

          Line 207 of the above file is:

          output alert_pf: /usr/local/etc/snort/whitelist/defaultwlist,snort2c

          Andrew

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            asterix
            last edited by

            no go.

            Are we the only ones facing this issue? Can anyone else confirm the same with a clean install of pfsense and snort package?

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              oztiks
              last edited by

              @asterix:

              no go.

              Are we the only ones facing this issue? Can anyone else confirm the same with a clean install of pfsense and snort package?

              Mine had some clean installs and I did have the issue; which I resolved with my ln fix. I'm not sure why it's not working for others. :(

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                asterix
                last edited by

                Latest few snapshots even dynamic DNS is failing and IP shows in red as 0.0.0.0

                Looks like both a snapshot and Snort package issue.

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                  rudfinch
                  last edited by

                  I looked into snort.inc, looks like snort supposed to fetch perl-threaded-5.12.1_1.tbz as dependency… but couldn't find anywhere... the link to the file seems broken... I don't know if this is the cause of alert_pf error... hope this will be fixed soon. :)

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                    asterix
                    last edited by

                    Can anyone fix the Snort install package?

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                      dzeanah
                      last edited by

                      It's possible the maintainer is on vacation.  I sent him a pm a while back and have not yet received a response.

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                        asterix
                        last edited by

                        Any updates on the Snort package fix?

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                          th3r3isnospoon
                          last edited by

                          I haven't heard or seen anything yet  :-\

                          Hopefully soon….

                          -th3r3isnospoon

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                            asterix
                            last edited by

                            Over a week since the package is in broken state  >:(

                            Has no one installed snort since last 7 days?

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                              th3r3isnospoon
                              last edited by

                              @asterix:

                              Over a week since the package is in broken state  >:(

                              Has no one installed snort since last 7 days?

                              Apparently not….Hope this is fixed soon...

                              -th3r3isnospoon

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                                asterix
                                last edited by

                                Down with Snort since past 10 days !!  >:(

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                                  CyCyb3rradberRad
                                  last edited by

                                  I am having the same problem and it appears this person might have the same issue as well.
                                  http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,37952.0.html

                                  I feel so naked without my Snort.  ;D

                                  pfSense 2.0 RC2 build date June 15th
                                  Snort 2.8.6.1 pkg 1.34

                                  Also one more thing to add.  According to the pfSense_Snort Twitter account it looks like he is planning a release pretty soon of Snort 2.9.0.4 pkg 1.37.  Hopefully that has a fix for the issue we are seeing.

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                                    berglundma
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                                    I too am having the same issue. Based on the number of reads I'm thinking we're not alone.

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                                      dwood
                                      last edited by

                                      Same thing here on a new install:

                                      Version:
                                      2.0-RC3 (amd64)
                                      built on Tue Jun 21 23:37:22 EDT 2011

                                      Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
                                      Current: 799 MHz, Max: 1599 MHz

                                      When starting Snort:
                                      snort[26473]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_31943_re1/snort.conf(351) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

                                      Cheers,
                                      D.

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                                        asterix
                                        last edited by

                                        The Snort package is broken since over 2 weeks now. First I thought it was a snapshot issue but after trying multiple snapshots, I confirmed it's a snort package issue.

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                                          dwood
                                          last edited by

                                          With a clean RC3 install, the error message is now different than with RC2

                                          Clean RC2 install:
                                          snort[26473]: FATAL ERROR: /usr/local/etc/snort/snort_31943_re1/snort.conf(351) Unknown output plugin: "alert_pf"

                                          Clean RC3 install:
                                          Jun 23 01:50:39 SnortStartup[5379]: Snort HARD Reload For 22075_re1…
                                          Jun 23 01:50:38 SnortStartup[1825]: Snort Startup files Sync…

                                          Is there a method to "manually" install a newer version of snort without using the package?  Looking at various dates on the "JamesDean" twitter feeds, the last update was on Mar 16, indicating 2.9.0.4 was due in a few days.  This being June, safe bet that "jamesdean" is otherwise occupied…so would love to figure out a fix that doesn't use the package if that is at all possible.

                                          Btw, I've been posting my adventures (including a hardware list and various notes) with pfSense over at smallnetbuilder:  http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=5379

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                                            asterix
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                                            Any progress on this issue resolution?

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