Today I decided to work on Honeyd-Viz a bit which I feel I have abandoned the last year. In order to do so, I needed to have a sample database to play with. As you know, you can create a MySQL database with entries from Honeyd’s honeyd.log file using the Honeyd2MySQL script. Honeyd2MySQL uses Perl’s DBI::DBD module for MySQL operations. I have also been using MAMP Stack from BitNami for development. The problem I had was the installation of DBI::DBD on my Mac OS X which I needed in order to use the DBD::mysql driver. If you’re having troubles you can follow the guide below (written with some help from StackOverflow):
- Install XCode from the App Store. Then, open XCode, go to the Preferences -> Downloads menu and install the Command Line Tools.
-
Install MAMP Stack from BitNami. Write down or take a mental note of the password value for MySQL’s root user. Choose to start the services (Apache & MySQL).
-
Add MAMP’s MySQL binaries to your PATH (this is particularly needed for mysql_config). Example:
12locate
mysql_config
/Applications/mampstack-5
.4.32-0
/mysql/bin/mysql_config
Get that directory and add it to your .bash_profile file, appending it to the PATH variable:
12nano ~/.bash_profile
PATH={ ... }:
/Applications/mampstack-5
.4.32-0
/mysql/bin
Logout and open a new shell session.
-
Create symlinks for MySQL’s lib files in your local lib path:
12345cd
/usr/local
mkdir
lib
#it might already exist, e.g. if you're using Homebrew
cd
lib
sudo
ln
-s
/Applications/mampstack-5
.4.32-0
/mysql/lib/plugin/
plugin
sudo
ln
-s
/Applications/mampstack-5
.4.32-0
/mysql/lib/
*.dylib .
-
Initialize CPAN and install cpanm:
12cpan
#accept defaults
sudo
cpan App::cpanminus
-
Install DBI and download DBD::mysql:
1234sudo
cpanm DBI
sudo
perl -MCPAN -e
'shell'
#opens a CPAN shell session
cpan> get DBD::mysql
cpan>
exit
-
Manually install DBD::mysql:
123cd
~/.cpan
/build/DBD
*
sudo
perl Makefile.PL --testuser=
'root'
--testpassword=
'<mysql_root_password>'
#use the password you entered during MAMP's installation
sudo
make
install
-
(optional) Symlink your MAMP’s MySQL sock file if needed (e.g. if you get an error while trying to connect to MySQL server running on ‘localhost’):
12ln
-s
/Applications/mampstack-5
.4.32-0
/mysql/tmp/mysql
.sock
/tmp/mysql
.sock
chmod
777
/tmp/mysql
.sock
That’s it! Hopefully everything would be good to go.
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