[ale] snort / snortsam run as non-root user?

[Christopher Fowler]

I believe that snort needs to run as root to be able to open the network
device in promiscuous mode.

You could install sudo to give him the ability to run some programs as
root.

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 10:44 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> We?re preparing to install a server with Linux and then load snort and
> possibly snortsam.   Can these be run by non-root users?  
> 
> My security admin wants to own the OS (e.g. have full root access)
> because he believes he?ll need it to use these products.  
> 
> Before anyone says it:  I know it sounds funny to say you don?t want
> the security admin having root ? he is more a network person than OS
> so I want to retain root control to prevent him from damaging the OS
> accidentally.
> 
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