RE: Snort -- file size exceeded

[Rodney Jackson <djfade () swbell net>]

How do I enable or setup support for large file size?

Thanks

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[mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Erek Adams
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:02 AM
To: Rodney Jackson
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Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Snort -- file size exceeded


On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Rodney Jackson wrote:

> I'm hoping you can help me solve this problem I'm having with the latest
> version of Snort.  I have been getting the following error when I try to
> run snort.
>
> [1]+  File size limit exceeded
>
> When I delete the /var/snort_log_storage dir the error seems to go away
> but will return soon.
>
> Any ideas?

Two things:

        *  Your OS doesn't have large file support (2gb+) setup/enabled.
        *  Your shell is limiting the filesize.

And next time, check the archives [0].  It's amazing what you can find
there [1].

-----
Erek Adams

   "When things get weird, the weird turn pro."   H.S. Thompson


[0] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=snort-users&r=1&w=2
[1]
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=snort-users&w=2&r=1&s=File+size+limit&q=b



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