#!/usr/local/bin/bash

#
# startsnort
# quick snort starter - with options
#
# Zoidial, Inc.
# Eric Thern	eric@zoidial.com
# March 2002
#
# added logdir -l stuff May 2003 for snort 2.0
#

#
# starts snort
# -D === runs in deamon mode
# -u nobody === runs as user nobody
# -g nobody === runs as group nobody
# -c snort.conf === what config file to use
# -t /usr/local/snort === the chrooted directory structure
# -l logs === log port scans and other things to directory "logs"
# -N don't log packet traces
# 

cd /usr/local/snort
snort -D -u nobody -g nobody -c snort.conf -t /usr/local/snort -l logs -N