snort updates and changes to snort.conf

You don't have to put your snort.conf file in the same directory your
*.rules files are in. I keep my snort.conf
in /usr/local/snort-version/etc, and keep all the rules
in /usr/local/snort-version/rules.

All rule updates will have a new snort.conf (which is overwritten each
time) in the rules directory, but I start snort with the conf file in
the etc directory.

Sun, 2008-06-29 at 18:07 -0700, newsecurityguy wrote:
I know this is not really the place for this question but I have had no luck
elsewhere. Currently, snort is set to update to the newest rule set on a
daily basis, which is what I want. However, I also need to suppress some
SIDS, which I have always done by editing the snort.conf file. When the
updates occur, it appears as if snort.conf is overwritten with a new
version, as the changes I make to the file do not last more than 24 hours
before disappearing out of the snort.conf. Am I correct in assuming this is
what is occurring? Is there any other way to easily suppress events without
having to edit the file after each update?