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Next: 3.17 How does rule Up: 3 Configuring Snort Previous: 3.15 What the heck

3.16 Which takes precedence, commandline or rule file ?

The command line always gets precedence over the rules file. If people want to try stuff out quickly without having to manually edit the rules file, they should be able to override many things from the command line.


Nigel Houghton 2006-10-02
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