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FS#10072 - Snort Overwrites Configuration Files

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jeff Tyson (inthemedium) - Thursday, 03 April 2008, 22:51 GMT
Last edited by Hugo Doria (hdoria) - Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 17:46 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Hugo Doria (hdoria)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
If any of the configuration files are changed, excluding /etc/conf.d/snort and etc/snort/snort.conf, they get overwritten on an update. This happens because backup=('etc/conf.d/snort' 'etc/snort/snort.conf') in the PKGBUILD.


Additional info:
I'm not sure which files should be included in the backup array. At the very least etc/snort/threshold.conf should be included. To be the most general, all the configuration files besides the rules should be included.


Steps to reproduce:
1. Change /etc/snort/threshold.conf
2. Reinstall snort.
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Closed by  Hugo Doria (hdoria)
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 17:46 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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