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Re: ERROR: can't find nfq DAQ


From: wkitty42 () windstream net
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 09:17:58 -0500

On 11/30/2016 06:46 PM, Amal Saeed wrote:
Okay, so I see nfq there, but when I run this command: *snort --daq nfq -Q -c
/etc/snort/snort.conf *it still says permission denied.

When I run this: *snort /usr/local/lib/daq -Q -c /etc/snort/snort.conf* it still
says permission denied:
Log directory = /var/log/snort
ERROR: OpenAlertFile() => fopen() alert file /var/log/snort/alert: Permission denied
Fatal Error, Quitting..

I'm really confused - it seems like everything is in place, but it still refuses
to run.

how, exactly, are you trying to change those permissions on /var/log/snort?
what does the following command return?

   ls -la /var/log/snort

it may be that your OS is locked down as to what and who can access /var/log and 
its subdirectories... what user and group is snort running as? does that user 
have permission to read and write to /var/log/snort and files in there?

above you have a command line that you are using to start snort with... is that 
the actual snort binary or a script of the same name?

   which snort



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