Re: Run as user?

[Alberto Gonzalez <albertg () wwjh net>]

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> According to the FAQ, the snort tool is supposed to be run as root. Is there any
> way to run it as a regular user, ie. giving myself permission to read 
> the stream through eth0?

(root@cerebro)(~) snort -?
[..snip..]

    -g <gname> Run snort gid as <gname> group (or gid) after initialization
    -u <uname> Run snort uid as <uname> user (or uid) after initialization

[..snip..]

make sure the logging directory has the proper permissions. And take in 
mind you won't be able to send a HUP signal. Check the snort-users archive 
i believe this came up awhile ago.

 Cheers,
 Alberto Gonzalez

- -- 
"Success comes to the person who does today, what you are thinking of doing tomorrow." 

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