On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 21:32 +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:32:59AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > Also, the NEWS.Debian file refers to /etc/snort/common.parameters. > > The correct file name is /etc/snort/snort.common.parameters. > > That name is given correctly by the installation script. > (...) > > Does this sound better? > > * The snort package, Since version 2.3.0, introduces /etc/default/snort > and no longer uses /etc/snort/snort.common.parameters. Snort Version 2.3.0 and later deprecate /etc/snort/snort.common.parameters, preferring /etc/default/snort. [rationale: the startup script actually does use snort.common.parameters if present] > The new configuration file will be automatically created based > on the old configuration. > However, since there is no way to know if the old file has been parsed > properly, the old parameters file will still be used in the > /etc/init.d/script file until it has been removed. /etc/init.d/snort until you remove the old configuration file. [seems more useful to give the actual script name; use active voice and hint more strongly that administrator must do something; antecedent of "it" is technically /etc/init.d/script] > > * Please check the contents of /etc/default/snort (or create a new one) > and remove /etc/snort/snort.common.parameters to take advantage of the > improvements introduced in the init.d script (such as sanity checks > for common misconfigurations). You will still be able to run > Snort with the old configuration file, however. [maybe add: You must do /etc/init.d/snort restart after changing the configuration.] > > Thanks for your input You're welcome.
Don't forget the original problem was just that the NEWS file wasn't getting printed out by apt-get. > > Javier -- Ross Boylan wk: (415) 502-4031 530 Parnassus Avenue (Library) rm 115-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics fax: (415) 476-9856 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143-0840 hm: (415) 550-1062
