Installation and Configuration

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$alert_dbname   = "snort";

$alert_host     = "localhost";

$alert_port     = "";

$alert_user     = "rr";

$alert_password = "rr78x";

/* Archive DB connection parameters */

$archive_dbname   = "snort_archive";

$archive_host     = "localhost";

$archive_port     = "";

$archive_user     = "rr";

$archive_password = "rr78x";

/* Type of DB connection to use

 *   1  : use a persistant connection (pconnect)

 *   2  : use a normal connection (connect)

 */

$db_connect_method = 1;

/* Path to the graphing library 

 *  (Note: DO NOT include a trailing backslash after the 

directory)

 */

$ChartLib_path = "./phplot 4.4.6";

Note that you have used the same user name, password, and database name as we

used in 

snort.conf

 file. The following is a description of data located in the

acid_conf.php

 file.

The following line in 

acid_conf.php

 file sets up the location of ADODB

files:

$DBlib_path = "./adodb";

The following line in 

acid_conf.php

 file sets up the type of database:

$DBtype = "mysql";

The following lines in 

acid_conf.php

 file set up the main Snort database

information where Snort logs its data:

$alert_dbname   = "snort";

$alert_host     = "localhost";

$alert_port     = "";

$alert_user     = "rr";

$alert_password = "rr78x";