gotcha...... I'll follow your suggestions but I'm also considering installing from source. I booted up with the knoppix-std distro and ntop is there.....its collecting data as I type this. I'm also thinking about trashing RedHat and going with Debian so that I can simply do a apt-get....suppose I should check to see that ntop is available first though!! <G>
Cleve > > From: Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/02/12 Thu AM 11:09:02 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] ntop installation weirdness > > > On Feb 12, 2004, at 8:58 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > just installed ntop on RH9.0 > > had to also install: > > perl(Crypt::DES) > > perl(Net::SNMP) > > rrdtool-1.0.41-1.8.0.ntop.i386.rpm > > ntop-2.2-0.i386.rpm > > > > at any rate....you have to specify the admin password during the first > > run.....installation instructions refer to a docs/1STRUN directory and > > document but I'll be damned if I can find it. Anyway, I started ntop > > with this: > > Also, since you installed from an RPM rather than source, some file > locations and/or defaults may be different. Depends on who made the > RPM file. > > Shannon > > > > > ntop --set-admin-password=int3rn3t > > > > but I get back: > > > > Wait please: ntop is coming up... > > 11/Feb/2004 14:06:09 Initializing gdbm databases > > 11/Feb/2004 14:06:09 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of > > /var/ntop/addressQueue.db faile > > d: File open error > > 11/Feb/2004 14:06:09 **FATAL_ERROR** Possible solution: please use '-P > > <director > > y>' > > > > but there is not even an "ntop" directory under /var > > > > does anyone have any bright ideas???? > > thanks, > > Cleve > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > -- > Shannon Roddy > LIGO - Caltech > 225.686.3106 (work) > 225.933.7821 (cell) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
