On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 11:38:56PM -0700, Darren Spruell wrote: > I'm encountering some strange problems using the > snort-2.6.0.2p1-prelude package on 4.1/i386. > > My startup command for Snort is: > > /usr/local/bin/snort -D -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -u _snort -g _snort > -l /var/snort/log -h 10.0.1.2/32 > > if launched from root's home directory, I recieve an error: > > ERROR: Unspecified source: Unable to initialize the Prelude library: > Permission denied. > Fatal Error, Quitting.. > # echo $? > 1
I think that jdixon has reported the same problem, try to change the permissions of /var/run/prelude-manager/ (i.e. 770 with _snort in the _prelude group).
