Re: (jamie please have look) Re: [webmin-l] snort 2.1.0 and webmin module snort

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 22:09, Patrick Erler wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:31:20 -0500, Adam Kennedy  
> <ake...@ni...> wrote:
> >> 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.
> a bit rude.. ;) - jamie, could you fix this in a proper way?

You would need to talk to the author of the Snort module about this, as
it is not one of the core modules developed by me ..

 - Jamie