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Re: Unable to open rules file: snort.conf error
From: Erek Adams <erek () snort org>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:54:18 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, stormshadow wrote:
I reinstalled mandrake 9.0 today and put snort 2.0 back on. when I give the following command: snort -dev -l log -h 192.168.0.0/30 -c snort.conf it comes back with an error: "ERROR: unable to open rules file : snort.conf or./snort.conf Fatal error quitting" This used to work before without errors. The only thing I did different installing it this time, was that i installed it as a user (su root). Last time I installed snort I was root. Would that make a difference?
Could be. Check the file and the permissions on it. ls -al ./snort.conf If there isn't read access on the file, then it can't open it. You might want to find your .conf file and make sure you aren't using the wrong one. locate snort.conf (or) cd / && find . -type f -name snort.conf -print Find it, then make sure about the perms on it. Cheers! ----- Erek Adams "When things get weird, the weird turn pro." H.S. Thompson ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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