snort & snort-mysql

[Wampir98]

Binary package hint: snort

snort & snort-mysql - version 2.7.0.1 & 2.7.0.6 (gutsy) 2.7.0.9 (hardy) & 2,7,0,14 (interprid):
post-process post-installation was returned error status 1 or 6.

Run us sniffer - yes, run us INTRUSION-DETECTION-SYSTEM - error (error number 256).

Error in snort (Gutsy, Hardy, Interprid- is this a tradition or standard in Ubuntu.

Thank you

Jacekalex
Poland

PS.
 Sorry - Im not speak english.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: snort 2.7.0-19ubuntu1
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort 2.7.0-19ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: podproces post-installation script zwrócił kod błędu 6
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The error is in english
=====
Setting up snort (2.7.0-19ubuntu1) ...
  * Stopping Network Intrusion Detection System Snort
  * No running snort instance found
  * Starting Network Intrusion Detection System Snort
  * / Etc / snort / db-pending config-file found
  * Snort will not start as its database is not yet configured.
  * Please configure the database as described in
  * / (Usr/share/doc/snort- pgsql, mysql) / README-database.Debian
  * And remove / etc / snort / db-pending-config
invoke-rc.d: initscript snort, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing snort (- configure):
  subprocés post-installation script returned an error code 6
=====

The error seems tobe due to an unconfigured database.
Is it a default configuration ?

Please follow the steps described in the message above and report if it helps.

Thanks.