[afnog] help with ACID installation

[Mark Tinka]

On Wednesday 11 May 2005 14:48, Sergio Carrilho wrote:
> Hi all,

Hello.

> "Error (p)connecting to DB : snort at localhost

Have you installed MySQL and supporting libraries? Is it 
running?. If so...

>
> Check the DB connection variables in acid_conf.php

My first guess is you'll need to set the values below in 
the above mentioned file, 'acid_conf.php'. Have you done 
this?

What you are basically trying to do is tell snort how to 
log into MySQL (host [normally 127.0.0.1], port 
[normally 3306 for MySQL], username & password that will 
allow access to MySQL), where to find the database (the 
database name you've chosen inside MySQL, that will 
contain the data, e.g., snort) so it is able to 
insert/retrieve your data.

Hope this doesn't sound too complicated.

Mark.

>
>                = $alert_dbname   : MySQL database name
> where the alerts are stored
>                = $alert_host     : host where the
> database is stored = $alert_port     : port where the
> database is stored = $alert_user     : username into
> the database = $alert_password : password for the
> username
>
>
> Database ERROR:Can't connect to local MySQL server
> through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) "
>
> I have reviewd the configurration files but with no
> success. Can someone give me a clue on this?
>
> And one other thing! where can I find good
> documentation on how to set up ACID on Debian? (I
> installed snort using the webpage
> http://www.fatofthelan.com/articles/articles.php?pid=2
>3 but it doesnt cover the ACID part).
>
> thanks
>
> Regards
>
> Sergio
>
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