Re: barnyard file reading question

["AJ Butcher, Information Systems and Computing" <Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk>]

--On 22 February 2004 21:23 -0800 Mark Olbert <mark () arcabama com> wrote:

> I'm having trouble getting barnyard to read files:
>
> [root@sox /home/mark]# barnyard -f /var/log/snort/snort.log.1077507761

[snip]

> WARNING: '/' detected in filename.  Correcting your mistake!!!!
>
> WARNING: spool_dir set to "/var/log/snort"
>
> Barnyard Version 0.1.0 (Build 17) started
>
> Unable to open spool file
>
> Exiting
>
>
>
> Using a local file name (i.e., leaving off the /var/log/snort) also
> results in an "unable to open spool file" error.
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but I haven't been able to figure
> it out so far...

Try 'barnyard -d /path/to/snort.log.nnnn's/parent/directory -f snort.log'

> - Mark

Best Regards,
Alex.
--
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