# Suricata-update --dump-sample-configs error

**URL:** <https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-dump-sample-configs-error/3562>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** suricata\
**Created:** [June 5, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-dump-sample-configs-error/3562 "2023-06-05T12:10:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![noob\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@noob\_17](https://forum.suricata.io/u/noob_17)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-dump-sample-configs-error/3562/1 "2023-06-05T12:10:16Z")

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Hi.

Need help with this error:

```auto
root@suricata:~# suricata-update --dump-sample-configs
5/6/2023 -- 13:08:55 - <Info> -- Using data-directory /var/lib/suricata.
5/6/2023 -- 13:08:55 - <Info> -- Using Suricata configuration /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml
5/6/2023 -- 13:08:55 - <Info> -- Using /etc/suricata/rules for Suricata provided rules.
5/6/2023 -- 13:08:55 - <Info> -- Found Suricata version 6.0.12 at /usr/bin/suricata.
5/6/2023 -- 13:08:55 - <Info> -- Creating update.yaml.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/suricata-update", line 36, in <module>
    sys.exit(main.main())
  File "/usr/lib/suricata/python/suricata/update/main.py", line 1369, in main
    sys.exit(_main())
  File "/usr/lib/suricata/python/suricata/update/main.py", line 1119, in _main
    return dump_sample_configs()
  File "/usr/lib/suricata/python/suricata/update/main.py", line 671, in dump_sample_configs
    shutil.copy(os.path.join(configs.directory, filename), filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/shutil.py", line 245, in copy
    copyfile(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/shutil.py", line 120, in copyfile
    with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/suricata/python/suricata/update/configs/update.yaml'

```

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**Author:** ![sbhardwaj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/sbhardwaj/32/10_2.png) [@sbhardwaj](https://forum.suricata.io/u/sbhardwaj)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-dump-sample-configs-error/3562/2 "2023-06-08T08:44:36Z")

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Hi!

Could you please tell:

- suricata-update version that you’re running
- how did you install it?

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**Author:** ![ish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/ish/32/8_2.png) [@ish](https://forum.suricata.io/u/ish)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-update-dump-sample-configs-error/3562/3 "2023-06-08T18:29:04Z")

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This is an actual issue, I’ve created a ticket, [Bug #6132: suricata-update: dump-sample-configs: configuration files not found - Suricata - Open Information Security Foundation](https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6132) and hopefully this will be fixed in the next release.