Re: snort -T output

["Alex Butcher, ISC/ISYS" <Alex.Butcher () bristol ac uk>]

--On 25 October 2004 07:25 -0600 hallian hallian <hallian () hotmail com> 
wrote:

> When I update my rules I run snort -T to verify all my rules are GOOD.
> But there is no way for me to automate this process so that I can read
> the ERROR message to STDOUT to a file.   If the   snort -T does return
> ERROR then I want to reverse back to old rules.
>
> HOw can I feedin the output from snort -T or snort -c
> /etc/snort/snort.conf -v to STD OUTPUT to a file.

What do you need to do with the output from Snort, that can't be done by 
checking the return code:

snort >snort.out 2>&1 -T -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
       echo "rules OK"
       ...
else
       echo "rules broken"
       cat <snort.out
       ...
fi

> Any ideas....
> thanks
> hallian

Best Regards,
Alex.
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