Re: Snort not logging to the /var/log/snort/alert file

[twig les <twigles () yahoo com>]

--- Shawn Kottke <skottke () DATALINK com> wrote:
> Does the user that you run snort under have rights to write to
> the file that you created?
>
> Do an ll on the file and check the user, group and flag
> settings.
>
> Are these appropriate for the user that snort runs under?
>
> Shawn Kottke
> Datalink Corporation

ll is an alias used by some shells.  You may get a "command not
found" message or something.  Use "ls -l".

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