Help with alert_unixsock issues

[James Turnbull <james () lovedthanlost net>]

Hi

I am experimenting with the alert_unixsock function.

I have had a read of the code and it suggests to me that a socket called 
snort_alert should be created in the log directory (/var/log/snort).

The socket seems not to be automatically created and I see the error:

/var/log/snort/snort_alert file doesn't exist or isn't writeable!

when I start Snort.

Can anyone shed any light on this?  I would have thought the socket 
would have been created automatically?  Is there syntax for the output 
plug-in that I am missing?

Thanks in advance

James Turnbull

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