Snort uninstall & which installation method to use

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by cat, Nov 27, 2008.

  1. cat

    cat New Member

    I installed snort with one tutorial but got called away half way through and when I finished it, I think I accidental used a different tutorial. Any way it is not working and I want to uninstall it and re-install from scratch.

    1)How do I uninstall snort from the command line?

    2)I have since noticed that there are a number of methods to install snort and was wondering what the difference between them. For example


    SNORT and BASE on a CLEAN "The Perfect Setup - Debian Sarge (3.1)"
    http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5163&highlight=snort+ispconfig

    and

    Intrusion Detection: Snort, Base, MySQL, and Apache2 On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) (Updated)
    http://www.howtoforge.com/intrusion-detection-with-snort-mysql-apache2-on-ubuntu-7.10-updated


    3)My server is Ubuntu 8.04 and I have ispconfig installed would you use Synaptic package manager to install snort or one of the above tutorials?
     
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

  3. cat

    cat New Member

    Installed but not recording anything.

    I managed to get snort and base uninstalled. I then installed them from scratch using the tutorial Falko suggested above. When I test snort with snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf I get the ascii pig.

    I then setup Base and it is working when I type ps aux | grep snort I get

    root 5575 0.0 3.6 43504 21444 ? Ss 03:02 0:11 /usr/local/bin/snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i eth0 -g root -D
    root 10817 0.0 0.1 3008 784 pts/0 S+ 15:09 0:00 grep snort

    I even followed the additional instructions and I think that oinkmaster is getting the rules.

    But Base is not reporting any alerts. I have read lots of the posts where others are having problems with snort but I have not been able to find any problems or get it working. Any and all suggestions will be apreciated.
     
    Last edited: Dec 1, 2008
  4. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    Did you check your logs?
     

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