====== I am getting a Snort ’Oink Oink’ error, how do I fix it? ======

If you are getting the following error:
<code>Loading /var/ipcop/snort/oinkmaster.conf  
 
/usr/local/bin/oinkmaster.pl: Error: the output directory "/etc/snort/rules" isn’t writable by you.  
 
Oink oink. Exiting...</code>

You need to do the following:

    * Connect to IPCOP via SSH using port 222\\ (on Windows connect using Putty [see [[howto:running|Running Commands on IPCOP Tutorial]]])
    * At the console, run
<code>      cd /etc/snort  
      chown snort:snort rules  
      cd rules  
      chown snort:snort *.*  
      chown snort:snort * </code>