Re: Ext3 File System "Too many files" with snort

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 04:36:14PM +0000, jmerkey@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

 > > Do you create a subdirectory for every user?  
 > Yes.  Snort creates a subdirectory for each IP address identified as generation an attack
 > or alert.  This number can get very large, BTW.

The last time I looked at snort it created a tcpdump capture file of the
days activity.  I remember seeing the behaviour you describe in an earlier
release, so either you have an old version (which you should probably
update given snort's sketchy security hole history), or theres a configuration
option that you might be able to fiddle with to get it to work in capture-file
mode.

Either way, it's got to be easier than hacking ext3 code 8)

		Dave

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