[Snort-users] (no subject)

Hello ,

Im new to snort, and Im trying to create a snort box that runs as a
non root user.
I have a user snort which is in the group snort_group.
I have given the snort_group ownership to the /var/log/snort
directory and the /etc/snort directory.

whenever I try to start snort as any non root user I get the
following. If I use root, or sudo I can start the program fine. Im
guessing I need access to the eth0 interface or some particular file
or directory somehwere that is associated with starting sniffing on
eth0

Can someone help me with this?

Suse 9
Snort 2.12


snort@Myserver:/etc/snort> snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -i eth0 -u
snort -g snort_group
Running in IDS mode
Log directory = /var/log/snort

Initializing Network Interface eth0
ERROR: OpenPcap() device eth0 open:
socket: Operation not permitted
Fatal Error, Quitting..



any help is appreciated.

M.C.


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