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| + | Note: DRAFT HOWTO - This procedure has initialisation problems with the configuration file when performing the startup of ntop. Published here for test purposes only and for testers to help resolve the problem. |
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| + | ie when doing |
| + | /etc/init.d/ntop start |
| + | the following error is received |
| + | FATAL ERROR: Unrecognized/unprocessed ntop options... |
| + | , --user ntop, , --db-file-path /var/ntop, , |
| + | , , --use-syslog, , , , , , , |
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| + | Note that manually starting ntop works, and it listens on port 3000, but if you connect (even from localhost), it aborts with a RST packet and logs nothing. |
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| + | This behaviour appears to be documented here: |
| + | http://lists.ntop.org/pipermail/ntop-dev/2004-January/004104.html |
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| + | A strace shows it's just sitting there, |
| + | nanosleep({10, 0}, {0, 0}) = 0 |
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| ===Description=== | | ===Description=== |
| ntop is a network monitoring tool/traffic probe that shows network usage in graphical form. A web browser is used to view traffic information and network status. For more information look [http://www.ntop.org/ here]. | | ntop is a network monitoring tool/traffic probe that shows network usage in graphical form. A web browser is used to view traffic information and network status. For more information look [http://www.ntop.org/ here]. |