[afnog] Re: help with ACID installation

[Sergio Carrilho]

Hi all,
Just to give an update on the problem, I manage to get snort up and
running on fedora 2 by following the instructions inf the manual found
in http://www.snort.org/docs/Snort_SSL_FC2.pdf.
The error below appears when I try to install snort/acid on fedora 3
(I checked all the configurations but it still comes out with the
error).
Thanks for the inputs given on the problem.

Best Regards

Sergio

On 5/11/05, Sergio Carrilho <seergio.carrilho at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to install snort/acid in a fedora core 3 box. I followed
> all the steps from the manual available at
> http://www.snort.org/docs/Snort_SSL_FC2.pdf.
> 
> Everything comes right, but when I am trying to get the page from acid
> (http://localhost/acid/acid_main.php) it gives me the following error:
> 
> "Error (p)connecting to DB : snort at localhost
> 
> Check the DB connection variables in acid_conf.php
> 
>                = $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=23 but it doesnt
> cover the ACID part).
> 
> thanks
> 
> Regards
> 
> Sergio
>