Based on the output you provided, it appears that the ownership and permissions for the “/var/run/suricata” directory have been successfully changed to the “suricata” user and group. However, there may still be an issue with the permissions of the files and folders within the “/etc/suricata” directory.

In the “/etc/suricata” directory, the ownership of the files is currently set to the “root” user and the “suricata” group. The permissions allow read and write access to the owner and group, but not to others.

To adjust the permissions and ownership of the files in the “/etc/suricata” directory, you can use the following commands:

1. To change the ownership of the files to the “suricata” user and group, run the following command:

sudo chown suricata:suricata /etc/suricata/

2. To change the permissions of the files, allowing read and write access to the owner and group, and read access to others, run the following command:

sudo chmod 664 /etc/suricata/

Note that using the “" wildcard will apply the ownership and permissions changes to all files in the “/etc/suricata” directory. Make sure to replace the "” with specific filenames or adjust the command accordingly if needed.

After making these changes, you can check the ownership and permissions again using the “ls -l” command to verify that they have been applied correctly.

Remember to exercise caution when modifying permissions and ownership to ensure system security. If you continue to experience issues or have further questions, it may be helpful to consult the documentation or support channels specific to Suricata or your Linux distribution for more guidance on configuring permissions for Suricata and its associated directories.
how to display all permissions issued within all “suricata” user related structure in filesys?
To display all permissions within all “suricata” user-related structures in the filesystem, you can use the find command along with the ls command. Here’s an example command:


sudo find / -user suricata -exec ls -ld {} ;



This command will search the entire filesystem starting from the root (‘/’) directory and find all files and directories owned by the “suricata” user. The -exec option followed by ls -ld {} \; will execute the ls command with the -ld options on each found file or directory.

The output will display the permissions, ownership, and other details of each file or directory owned by the “suricata” user.

Keep in mind that running this command with root privileges is necessary to ensure you have access to all files and directories owned by the “suricata” user.

Note: This command can take some time to execute, especially if your filesystem is large. If you only want to search within specific directories, you can replace the root directory (‘/’) in the command with the desired starting directory.
# sudo find / -user suricata -exec ls -ld {} ;
find: missing argument to `-exec’
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Apologies for the incorrect command provided. The correct command should include a backslash () before the semicolon (;) in order to properly terminate the -exec option. Here is the corrected command:


sudo find / -user suricata -exec ls -ld {} ;



Please try running the command again, and it should display the permissions of files and directories owned by the “suricata” user.
ok, anything wrong here?: # sudo find / -user suricata -exec ls -ld {} ;
drwxr-xr-x 2 suricata suricata 40 Jul 3 12:13 /run/suricata
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
find: ‘/proc/5141/task/5141/fd/6’: No such file or directory
find: ‘/proc/5141/task/5141/fdinfo/6’: No such file or directory
find: ‘/proc/5141/fd/5’: No such file or directory
find: ‘/proc/5141/fdinfo/5’: No such file or directory
drw-rw-r-- 3 suricata suricata 4096 Jun 30 07:36 /etc/suricata
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Based on the output you provided, it seems that the command is functioning correctly. It has successfully found and displayed the permissions of files and directories owned by the “suricata” user.

In the output:

- The first line shows the permissions of the “/run/suricata” directory, which is owned by the “suricata” user with read, write, and execute permissions for the owner, and read and execute permissions for the group and others.

- The second line shows the permissions of the “/etc/suricata” directory, which is owned by the “suricata” user and group with read and write permissions for the owner and group, and read-only permissions for others.

The following lines with “Permission denied” and “No such file or directory” messages indicate that the find command encountered some directories or files that it doesn’t have permission to access or that no longer exist. These messages can be ignored as they don’t affect the overall functionality or results of the command.

Overall, it appears that the command ran successfully and displayed the permissions of the relevant files and directories owned by the “suricata” user.
ok then. now how to adjust real-time log in suricata packet analyzing. it now stands on “info” level, and if set it to “alert” will this change something? what about this command?: sudo suricata -c /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml -i enp0s3 -l /var/log/suricata/ --set logging.console.output=console
To adjust the real-time log level in Suricata for packet analysis, you can modify the logging configuration in the Suricata YAML configuration file. By default, the log level is set to “info”. Changing it to “alert” will increase the verbosity of the logging output, potentially providing more detailed information about alerts and events.

To modify the log level using the command you provided (sudo suricata -c /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml -i enp0s3 -l /var/log/suricata/ --set logging.console.output=console), you would need to add an extra option to set the logging level. The option to modify the log level is --set logging.levels.console=&lt;level&gt;, where &lt;level&gt; can be one of the available log levels such as “info”, “alert”, “debug”, etc.

Here’s an example command to set the log level to “alert”:


sudo suricata -c /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml -i enp0s3 -l /var/log/suricata/ --set logging.console.output=console --set logging.levels.console=alert



After making this change, Suricata will log events and alerts with a log level of “alert”, providing more detailed information about potentially malicious activities.

Remember to refer to the Suricata documentation or support channels for more information on available log levels and how they affect the logging output. It’s also a good practice to monitor the system resources while running Suricata with increased verbosity to ensure it does not impact system performance.                                                                          got some permissions errors again.: "3/7/2023 -- 12:35:30 - <Error> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_FOPEN(44)] - Error opening file: "/etc/suricata/classification.config": Permission denied. 3/7/2023 -- 12:35:30 - <Error> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_OPENING_FILE(40)] - please check the "classification-file" option in your suricata.yaml file
3/7/2023 -- 12:35:30 - <Error> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_FOPEN(44)] - Error opening file: "/etc/suricata/reference.config": Permission denied
3/7/2023 -- 12:35:30 - <Error> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_OPENING_FILE(40)] - please check the "reference-config-file" option in your suricata.yaml file
 3/7/2023 -- 12:35:30 - <Warning> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_NO_RULES_LOADED(43)] - 38 rule files specified, but no rule was loaded at all!
3/7/2023 -- 12:35:30 - <Warning> - [ERRCODE: SC_ERR_FOPEN(44)] - Error opening file: "/etc/suricata//threshold.config": Permission denied
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