[Bro] does bro need root privilege?

[Daniel Thayer]

The BroControl documentation explains how to run as a normal user:
https://www.bro.org/sphinx/components/broctl/README.html#using-brocontrol-as-an-unprivileged-user


On 5/22/17 2:43 PM, Kenneth Goldman wrote:
> New user, with a Fedora install.
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> 1 - Starting with the basics.  As a normal user:
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> [BroControl] > install
> Error: running "bro -v" failed with output:
> can't open 'debug.log' for debugging output
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> Does bro have to run as root?
>
> 2 - Is there an NNTP reflector for this mailing list?
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