error when starting snort on a Linux 8.0 system

["Nathan Whitehouse" <nwhitehouse () compendiumusa net>]

login as: root
Sent username "root"
root@192.168.0.123's password:
Last login: Tue Oct  8 15:58:46 2002 from 192.168.1.8
[root@snort root]# snort -start
Initializing Output Plugins!
Log directory = /var/log/snort

Initializing Network Interface eth0
using config file /root/.snortrc
Initializing Preprocessors!
Initializing Plug-ins!
Parsing Rules file /root/.snortrc

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Initializing rule chains...
ERROR: Unable to open rules file: /root/.snortrc or /root//root/.snortrc
Fatal Error, Quitting..
[root@snort root]#

Please advise

Thanks
Nathan Whitehouse 
Network Operations & Systems Administrator 
CompEndium Services Inc. 
Main 877-709-2667 
Local 678-985-5678 
Direct 770-822-6697 



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