Snortstart v0.17 is a bash script which acts as a wrapper for starting snort which aims to install, start and stop snort in a chroot jail under unprivileged user and group.
You can download it from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/22497/snortstart
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/22497/snortstart.html