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2.4 Why does Snort complain about /var/log/snort?

It requires this directory to log alerts to it. Try running the command: 

    mkdir -p /var/log/snort
Make sure the logging directory is owned by the user Snort is running as.


Nigel Houghton 2006-10-02
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