Kury,
        I have ntop running without any problem on RedHat 7.1. You have to download
an up to date libcap before the whole thing would work. Did not experience
any core dump at all.

Here is what I have:

ntop-01-06-02.tgz
libcap-0.6.2.tar.gz

Francis Pintos

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Marry Carpenter
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Ntop] Bailing Out
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have spent 1 entire week trying to make NTOP work right. A
> complete week
> devoted to NTOP. I tried, I really did try, but I am sorry, I
> am bailing out ...
> And with a conclusion: This is the BUGGIEST SOFTWARE I have
> ever encountered on
> *nix!
>
> RH 7.1/6.2, kernel 2.4.2/2.2.16, PIII 866 MHz, 512MB RAM, 10
> Mbps connection,
> all NTOP versions (cvs, beta, stable, rpms), all pcap
> versions (0.4, 0.6.2, rpms),
> all openssl versions (0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.6a, rpms), all gdbm
> versions, all versions
> of all software!
>
> Could not get one compilation that would work properly as it
> is stated:
> 1. Dumps core right away, dumps core after few hours of
> usage, seg faults with
> no core dumps ...
> 2. One version seg faults when ssl connected from Internet
> Explorer but works ok
> from Netscape, another version does not seg fault but gives
> 'no data' ...
> 3. No version saves states between invocations.
> 4. Some version shows local usage fine, other version does
> not show anything.
> 5. The version that shows local usage fine show all hosts as
> a single host in
> L->R, the version that shows L->R as it should be does not
> show local usage at
> all.
> 6. Some versions work without specifying a filter, others don't.
> 7. Traffic shows double.
>
> However, I know how to give credit when the credit is due:
> NTOP is a very nice
> tool, many thanks to the developers.
>
> I was planning to contribute some books from amazon.com, but
> after all those
> problems that plagued my compilations, I guess I will send
> you some wood!
>
> If anyone has it fully working with all the functions under
> RH 7.1, I would be
> forever debtful if you can send me the binaries and info
> about the installed
> software on your system. I am already bailing out, but I
> might consider a
> comeback!
>
> Have a good day!
> Kury Maria Dartanyan
>
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