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RE: [Fwd: Error: unable to open local.rules]
From: "Michael Steele" <michaels () silicondefense com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:27:21 -0700
Make sure you actually have a local.rules. If not then # out that line in the snort.conf. -Mike Commercial Snort Support 1.866.41.SNORT Silicon Defense - www.silicondefense.com Michael Steele - Snort Support Technician -----Original Message----- From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of Colin Wu Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:54 AM To: Snort Users Subject: [Fwd: [Snort-users] Error: unable to open local.rules] Colin Wu wrote:
It's running on an Ultra 10, Solaris 2.7 (or maybe 8, I'm not sure at
the
moment). The entire message was (after the usual time-stamp, host id,
process
id stuff) "ERROR: Unable to open rules file: local.rules" In answer to Aaron M: It doesn't seem to complain about any of the
other rules
and it doesn't crash everytime. Fyodor wrote:On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 12:32:26PM -0400, Colin Wu wrote:I periodically HUP my snort (v1.7) to checkpoint the binary dump
log,
but occasionally snort will die with the message: " ERROR: Unable
to
open rules file: local.rules" in syslog. At this point I have to
rename
the local.rules file and make a new copy (mv local.rules local; cp
local
local.rules). Any ideas?Hmm.. sounds strange. Which platform is that? Could you quote the
whole
error message too (so we could see what errno's been set). thanks -F-- __ _ _ Network Analyst / ) // ' ) / Computing & Information Services / __|/ o ____ / / / . . McMaster University (__/ (_) \_<_/ / <_ (_(_/ (_/_ (905)525-9140 ext 24050 http://netman.McMaster.CA
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- [Fwd: Error: unable to open local.rules] Colin Wu (Jun 08)
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