Re: logging directory "/var/log/snort"

["Corey Rock" <snort_sigs () hotmail com>]

Thanks a lot Sgt_B!

that's what I thought.  makes great sense....soon, I'll not be using a DB 
either!

thanks again!

Corey


> From: sgt_b <sgt_b () security-forums com>
> To: Corey Rock <snort_sigs () hotmail com>
> CC: Snort-users () lists sourceforge net
> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] logging directory "/var/log/snort"
> Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 17:52:02 -0500
>
> Corey,
>
> Sorry, forgot to mention this in my previous mail.
>
> Snort still needs a place to put the 'alert' file when you log to a 
> database. The line in your snort.conf specifies the use of the "log" action 
> in your output plugin. So it still needs to send the "alert" to its logging 
> location (default /var/log/snort).
>
> You can set the action event in the output plugin to "alert" as well. 
> Unfortunately, I don't regularly use snort to output to a db, so I can't 
> tell you which action event is better, log or alert, or if you can use them 
> at the same time. In my limited work with snort and databases, I've always 
> used the log action event, and let the alert file get generated in 
> /var/log/snort.
>
> At any rate, that's why snort is still asking for /var/log/snort when 
> you're logging to a database.

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