RE: error when starting snort on a Linux 8.0 system

["Wayne T Work" <securitygauntlet () snet net>]

What is the command line you are using. Looks like the conf file does not
know here the rules are. Make sure they are in the same location of the
sort.conf if you are not editing the snort.conf

-----Original Message-----
From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net
[mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Nathan
Whitehouse
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:45 PM
To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net
Subject: [Snort-users] error when starting snort on a Linux 8.0 system


login as: root
Sent username "root"
root@192.168.0.123's password:
Last login: Tue Oct  8 15:58:46 2002 from 192.168.1.8
[root@snort root]# snort -start
Initializing Output Plugins!
Log directory = /var/log/snort

Initializing Network Interface eth0
using config file /root/.snortrc
Initializing Preprocessors!
Initializing Plug-ins!
Parsing Rules file /root/.snortrc

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Initializing rule chains...
ERROR: Unable to open rules file: /root/.snortrc or /root//root/.snortrc
Fatal Error, Quitting..
[root@snort root]#

Please advise

Thanks
Nathan Whitehouse
Network Operations & Systems Administrator
CompEndium Services Inc.
Main 877-709-2667
Local 678-985-5678
Direct 770-822-6697



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