Re: [webmin-l] snort 2.1.0 and webmin module snort

[Adam K. <ake...@ni...>]

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:06:02 +0200, Patrick Erler wrote
> hi,
> 
> i have a problem with snort 2.1.0 and the webmin module snort. when 
> i  enter the module, every rule is displayed as:
> 
> Rule Set				Status	Action	
> $RULE_PATH/attack-responses	 v		Disable
> $RULE_PATH/backdoor	 	 x		Disable
> ...
> 
> when i click on a rule to edit it this comes up:
> 
> Rule file cannot be found  
> (/etc/snort/rules/$RULE_PATH/attack-responses.rules)
> 
> in "module config" everything seems fine:
> 
> "Full path to Snort rule files directory" /etc/snort/rules
> 
> where it definitely is..
> 
> what could be the problem here?

The module does not resolve the $RULE_PATH variable in the filename from the
snort config. I changed $RULE_PATH/ to be rules/ for each file in the snort
config file and it works fine now.

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