Work around to still install snort with this bug unfixed
remove the log file with the root user instead of the snort user:
sudo rm /var/log/snort/alert
create a file /etc/default/snort with:
sudo gedit /etc/default/snort
# Parameters for the daemon
PARAMS="-m 027 -D -d "
SNORTUSER="snort"
This bug is same as the debian bug 471895 and is fixed there with
snort_2.7.0-14.
Some configuration files were not copied on installation and so it defaulted to
foreground running instead of running as a daemon.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=471895
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package snort None [mo
** Attachment added: "DpkgTerminalLog.gz"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13157103/DpkgTerminalLog.gz
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package snort None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/snort.list] failed to
install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed by signal
(Interrupt)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213
