# error: can't open base/init-bare.bro **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Created:** [April 17, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-cant-open-base-init-bare-bro/2646 "2013-04-17T13:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![C\_L\_Martinez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@C\_L\_Martinez](https://community.zeek.org/u/C_L_Martinez)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-cant-open-base-init-bare-bro/2646/1 "2013-04-17T13:14:16Z")
Hi all, After install bro-ids in a FreeBSD and configure cfg files and scripts that I need to load, when I try to execute ‘broctl check’, this error appears: error: can’t open base/init-bare.bro Where is init-bare.bro?? There is not exists in my installation … but exists in other bro ids linux based sensor … ---
**Author:** ![C\_L\_Martinez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@C\_L\_Martinez](https://community.zeek.org/u/C_L_Martinez)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-cant-open-base-init-bare-bro/2646/2 "2013-04-17T13:16:59Z")
Yep, sorry, exists: root@bsd01nm:/data/config/etc/bro/scripts/base# ls -la /data/config/etc/bro/scripts/base/init-bare.bro -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 98954 Aug 29 2012 /data/config/etc/bro/scripts/base/init-bare.bro Maybe is a problem with my configure options: "./configure --prefix=/opt/bro --enable-perftools --disable-ruby --conf-files-dir=/data/config/etc/bro/conf --scriptdir=/data/config/etc/bro/scripts"?? ---
**Author:** ![C\_L\_Martinez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@C\_L\_Martinez](https://community.zeek.org/u/C_L_Martinez)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-cant-open-base-init-bare-bro/2646/3 "2013-04-17T13:21:38Z")
Ok, problem is solved doing the correct softlinks: root@bsd01nm:/opt/bro/share/bro# ls -al total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Apr 17 13:19 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Apr 17 10:31 .. lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44 Apr 17 13:19 base -\> ../../../../data/config/etc/bro/scripts/base drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Apr 17 10:31 broctl lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 46 Apr 17 13:19 policy -\> ../../../../data/config/etc/bro/scripts/policy lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44 Apr 17 13:19 site -\> ../../../../data/config/etc/bro/scripts/site root@plzfnsm01:/opt/bro/share/bro# but is this the correct solution?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/error-cant-open-base-init-bare-bro/2646/4 "2022-05-06T15:40:56Z")