Re: Problem Starting Snort

[Grant Macaulay <grant () macaulayconsultants co uk>]

This is the start I use for a slightly older version.

C:\Snort\bin\snort.exe -c "C:\Snort\etc\snort.conf" -l "C:\Snort\log" -p -v

Grant

Lance Boon wrote:

> What happens when you try this snort -L c:\snort\log\ -c c:\snort\etc\snort.conf -A console
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net] On Behalf Of 
> Felkins, Michael R.
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:23 PM
> To: (snort-users () lists sourceforge net)
> Subject: [Snort-users] Problem Starting Snort
>
> Hi,
>
> Brand new user, brand new install of Snort. I am getting this when I try to start Snort.
> The directory c:\snort\log does, in fact, exist. I am the administrator on this machine and
> I have full read/write/create privileges on this directory.
>
> C:\Snort\bin>snort -L c:\snort\log -c c:\snort\etc\snort.conf -A console
> Running in IDS mode
> Log directory = log
> ERROR:
> [!] ERROR: Can not get write access to logging directory "log".
> (directory doesn't exist or permissions are set incorrectly
> or it is not a directory at all)
>
> Fatal Error, Quitting..
>
> C:\Snort\bin>
>
> Windows XP, SP1 and Snort 213 Build 27
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike
>
>
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