Initialization Error

["Saul Bosquez" <sbosquez () altec1 com>]

When I try to get the snort running I type 'snort' and get the following error:

[root@localhost snort]# snort
Initializing Output Plugins!
Log directory = /var/log/snort

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

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Initializing rule chains...
No arguments to frag2 directive, setting defaults to:
    Fragment timeout: 60 seconds
    Fragment memory cap: 4194304 bytes
    Fragment min_ttl:   0
    Fragment ttl_limit: 5
    Fragment Problems: 0
Stream4 config:
    Stateful inspection: ACTIVE
    Session statistics: INACTIVE
    Session timeout: 30 seconds
    Session memory cap: 8388608 bytes
    State alerts: INACTIVE
    Evasion alerts: INACTIVE
    Scan alerts: ACTIVE
    Log Flushed Streams: INACTIVE
    MinTTL: 1
    TTL Limit: 5
    Async Link: 0
No arguments to stream4_reassemble, setting defaults:
     Reassemble client: ACTIVE
     Reassemble server: INACTIVE
     Reassemble ports: 21 23 25 53 80 143 110 111 513
     Reassembly alerts: ACTIVE
     Reassembly method: FAVOR_OLD
http_decode arguments:
    Unicode decoding
    IIS alternate Unicode decoding
    IIS double encoding vuln
    Flip backslash to slash
    Include additional whitespace separators
    Ports to decode http on: 80
rpc_decode arguments:
    Ports to decode RPC on: 111 32771
telnet_decode arguments:
    Ports to decode telnet on: 21 23 25 119
Conversation Config:
   KeepStats: 0
   Conv Count: 32000
   Timeout   : 60
   Alert Odd?: 0
   Allowed IP Protocols:  All

Portscan2 config:
    log: /var/log/snort/scan.log
    scanners_max: 3200
    targets_max: 5000
    target_limit: 5
    port_limit: 20
    timeout: 60
Can't open logfile: (null)Fatal Error, Quitting...

Could you please help?



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