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Verify configuration as non root
From: Gilad Benjamini <gbenjamini () juniper net>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:37:10 -0700
After an upgrade from 2.8 to 2.9 I tried to verify my Snort configuration with "snort -T". The verification failed with the message: "ERROR: Active response: can't open ip!" After some digging into the code it seems like the code was trying to open a raw socket, but failing since I was not running as root. Using "--daq dump" as a workaround seems to work. Are root permissions really needed to verify the configuration, or is that a bug ? Is the workaround a reasonable one, or is there a better option ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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 Please see http://www.snort.org/docs for documentation
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- Verify configuration as non root Gilad Benjamini (Jun 16)
- Re: Verify configuration as non root Russ Combs (Jun 17)
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