Snort Error: Unable to open rules file: Permission denied

Attempting to configure Snort for the first time. Keep getting the error Unable to open rules file "C:directorynameSnortrules": Permission denied.

I have directed snort to the directory containing the downloaded .tar rules files (I changed their file extensions to .rules) via the .conf file line VAR RULE_PATH C:directorysnortrules.

Does anyone know what is causing the error?

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