Re: Warning - corrupted waldo file

[Peter Bates <peter.bates () ucl ac uk>]

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Hello all

On 07/10/2012 03:07, AllowOverride wrote:
> WARNING: Ignoring corrupt/truncated waldofile 
> '/var/log/snort/barnyard2.waldo'
>
> what does this mean,,, besides it being a WARNING....
>
> # ls -al /var/log/snort/barnyard2.waldo -rw-r--r-- 1 snort snort 0
> Oct  4 10:26 /var/log/snort/barnyard2.waldo

During your test if your waldo file is non-zero then I'd delete it
before running barnyard2.

The warning should be just a warning.

I have personally though seen barnyard not update events because the
waldo file already exists and contains data about old log files.

- -- 
Peter Bates
Senior Computer Security Officer    Phone: +44(0)2076792049
Information Services Division       Internal Ext: 32049
University College London
London WC1E 6BT
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