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Detailed Patch README File - Last Updated: 2008-02-28T23:41:42-05:00

Patch Summary: Corrects chkconfig values in /etc/rc.d/init.d/snortd.

Patch Release Specifications:

Patch Can Be Applied To NST Distribution v1.4.0 - v1.5.0
Patch Type patch
Architecture noarch
Can Patch Be Installed On A NST Live CD/DVD no
Patch Creation Date 2007-04-01
Current Patch Version Number 1.0.0
Patch Download P200704011-100.zip
MD5SUM Checksum 81a88024d7c6b0bce2285abbd91e6ea5

Patch Revision History:

2007-04-01 (v1.0.0)
This patch addresses an issue for those wanting to setup snort (on a hard disk installation of the NST) such that snort comes up in a running state at boot time. The chkconfig values in the file: "/etc/rc.d/init.d/snortd" were not set correctly in the files included in the 1.5.0 (and earlier) NST distributions. As a result, if one enabled the snortd service to start at boot time, an attempt to start snortd would occur PRIOR to starting mysqld. This patch corrects the chkconfig values such that snortd will be started after starting mysqld.

Patch Release Notes:

This patch can be applied by hand by downloading the patch file: "P200704011-100.zip" to your NST probe system, unzipping it and then running the "nstpatch.sh" script contained, For example:

[root@probe ~]# mkdir /tmp/patch
[root@probe ~]# cd /tmp/patch
[root@probe patch]# wget -nH http://nst.sourceforge.net/nst/patches/P200704011-100.zip

  ... output from wget ...

[root@probe patch]# unzip P200704011-100.zip

  ... output from unzip ...

[root@probe patch]# ./nstpatch.sh

  ... output from nstpatch.sh ...

[root@probe patch]# cd
[root@probe ~]# rm -fr /tmp/patch
[root@probe ~]#