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From: Harm Geerts <harmgeerts@××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: snort say User "sguil" unknown
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:39:31
Message-Id: 200610221633.06518.harmgeerts@home.nl
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] snort say User "sguil" unknown by Turi Tropea
1 On Sunday 22 October 2006 15:26, Turi Tropea wrote:
2 > hi guys,
3 > i'm new to this list, i'm graduating in computer science engineering and
4 > this is my first thread :)
5 > but above all i'm ITALIAN :)
6 >
7 > i've a problem with a fresh intallation of snort
8 > when i try to start the daemon with "/etc/init.d/snort start" it's fail
9 >
10 > > darkbox turitropea # cat /var/log/messages | grep "snort"
11 > > Oct 21 01:05:33 darkbox groupadd[32177]: new group: name=snort, GID=450
12 > > Oct 21 01:05:33 darkbox useradd[32216]: new user: name=snort, UID=109,
13 > > GID=450, home=/dev/null, shell=/usr/sbin/nologin Oct 21 01:21:09 darkbox
14 > > snort: FATAL ERROR: User "sguil" unknown Oct 21 02:20:32 darkbox snort:
15 > > FATAL ERROR: User "sguil" unknown Oct 21 03:16:03 darkbox snort: *** ***
16 > > interface device lookup found: wifi0 *** Oct 21 03:16:03 darkbox snort:
17 > > Uh, you need to tell me to do something... :No such file or directory
18 > > Oct 21 03:16:23 darkbox snort: FATAL ERROR: User "sguil" unknown Oct 21
19 > > 03:24:46 darkbox snort: FATAL ERROR: User "sguil" unknown Oct 21 03:25:34
20 > > darkbox rc-scripts: WARNING: snort has not yet been started. Oct 21
21 > > 03:25:37 darkbox snort: FATAL ERROR: User "sguil" unknown Oct 22 14:40:33
22 > > darkbox snort: FATAL ERROR: User "sguil" unknown
23 >
24 > also i've used this guide to do all
25 > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-399801.html (Your guide to snort,
26 > mysql, apache, php, and BASE for Gentoo)
27
28 That guide doesn't mention sguil so I guess it's safe to turn it off.
29
30 echo "net-analyzer/snort -sguil" >> /etc/portage/package.use
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: snort say User "sguil" unknown Turi Tropea <turitropea@××××××.it>