Have done a complete build of NTOP 2.1.2 and NTOP will not run
as a daemon. The steps taken have been enumerated below:
1) D/L ntop-2.1.2, gdchart0.94c, gd-1.8.3, zlib-1.1.4, and libpng-1.2.1
from respective author's sites.
2) Installed FreeBSD pkgs: autoconf-2.52_2, automake-1.5,1, libtool-1.3.4_2
in order to use autogen.sh, as advised if there are compilation probs.
3) ./autogen.sh -1
4) Edit build instructions from ntop/docs/BUILD-NTOP.txt into a simple
shell script (called make-it-all.sh), so that no step is overlooked:
#! /bin/sh
cd /tmp/gdchart0.94c/
./configure
cd gd-1.8.3/libpng-1.2.1
cp scripts/makefile.gcc Makefile
make
cd ../../zlib-1.1.4/
./configure
make clean
make
make install
cd ..
make clean
make
make install
cd /tmp/ntop
## --with-gdchart-root isn't (but should be) mentioned in BUILD-NTOP.txt
./configure --with-gdchart-root=/tmp/gdchart0.94c
gmake
gmake install
5) ./make-it-all.sh
6) GMAKE (of NTOP) stops due to faulty link params. Manually edit
Makefile, to add -version-info and -release flags, per suggestions from
NTOP FAQ ("libtool: link: CURRENT `-release' is not a nonnegative integer").
Re-run GMAKE.
7) NTOP's Makefile runs thru to completion w/o errors, but there are
ominous warnings emitted:
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -pipe -o libntopreport.la -rpath
/usr/local/lib -version-info 0:0:0 -release 2.0 -export-dynamic emitter.lo
globals-report.lo graph.lo http.lo report.lo reportUtils.lo
webInterface.lo -lcrypt -lm -lz -L/tmp/gdchart0.94c -lgdchart -L/tmp/gdchart0.94
c/gd-1.8.3 -lgd -L/tmp/gdchart0.94c/gd-1.8.3/libpng-1.2.1 -lpng -L/tmp/gdchart0.
94c/zlib-1.1.4 -lz -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lc_r -lcrypt -lm -lz -L/tmp/gdch
art0.94c -lgdchart -L/tmp/gdchart0.94c/gd-1.8.3 -lgd -L/tmp/gdchart0.94c/gd-1.8.
3/libpng-1.2.1 -lpng -L/tmp/gdchart0.94c/zlib-1.1.4 -lz -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypt
o
rm -fr .libs/libntopreport.la .libs/libntopreport.* .libs/libntopreport-2.0.*
*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by -lgdchart.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.
*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by -lgd.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.
*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by -lpng.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.
*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by -lgdchart.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.
*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by -lgd.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.
*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by -lpng.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library. But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.
*** The inter-library dependencies that have been dropped here will be
*** automatically added whenever a program is linked with this library
*** or is declared to -dlopen it.
I repeat all subsidiary libraries as spec'd in the build instructions
have been built in the *exact* order spec'd in the file. Moreover, where
applicable, make install is invoked in the make-it-all.sh script, so that
the libraries are placed properly. The location of the libs has been visually
verified, located in /usr/local/lib.
8) gmake install
9) chmod 6111 ntop, per FAQ ("How can I run ntop without being root ?")
10) Test NTOP w/ simple script followed by its output:
/usr/local/bin/ntop -K -S 2 -P /var/db/ntop -u nobody -a
/var/db/ntop/ntop.access.log
-i rl0 -w 3000 -t5 -d
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Initializing network devices...
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: ntop v. MT (SSL)
[i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.5] (08/08/02 04:35:21 PM build)
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Listening on [rl0]
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Copyright 1998-2002 by Luca Deri
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Get the freshest ntop from
http://www.ntop.org/
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Initializing...
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall /kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode enabled
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Truncated network size to 1024 hosts (real
netmask 255.255.255.0)
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Loading plugins (if any)...
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Searching plugins in
/usr/local/lib/ntop/plugins
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Welcome to icmpWatchPlugin. (C) 1999 by
Luca Deri.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Welcome to LastSeenWatchPlugin. (C) 1999
by Andrea Marangoni.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Welcome to nfsWatchPlugin. (C) 1999 by
Luca Deri.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Welcome to NetFlow. (C) 2002 by Luca Deri.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Welcome to PDAPlugin. (C) 2001-2002 by
L.Deri and W.Brock
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Welcome to sFlowPlugin. (C) 2002 by Luca
Deri.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Resetting traffic statistics...
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Started thread (141430784) for network
packet analyser.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Started thread (141432832) for idle hosts
detection.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Started thread (141433856) for DNS address
resolution.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Started thread (143380480) for address
purge.
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Initializing plugins (if any)...
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: NetFlow export disabled
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: ntop caught signal 11
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Cleaning up...
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Waiting until threads terminate...
Aug 8 18:40:24 firewall ntop[39961]: Address resolution terminated...
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Freeing hash host instances... (1
device(s) to save)
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: 0 instances freed
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Unloading plugins (if any)...
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Thanks for using PDAWatch...
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Done.
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Thanks for using ntop NetFlow
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Done.
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Thanks for using icmpWatch...
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Done.
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Cisco NetFlow exporter terminated.
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: Freeing device rl0 (idx=0)...
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: 102 packets received by filter on rl0
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: 11 packets dropped by kernel
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall ntop[39961]: 0 packets dropped by ntop
Aug 8 18:40:27 firewall /kernel: rl0: promiscuous mode disabled
11) The same command line will invoke NTOP *if* -d is left off. In
spite of the warnings from step #7, the Network Load graphs are gen'd
and the program otherwise "seems" to work normally.
I have also attached NTOP's config, as provided from NTOP's
About:Configuration link. I use NTOP on my office firewall, to monitor
utilization of our Internet connection (via the internal LAN iface, rl0.)
I would also point out that I'm a developer (altho I have zero
experience w/ Unix/Linux/BSD development.) I've never had any trouble
building other non-trivial, open-source pgms (PROFTPD, MYSQL, SAMBA, etc.),
so I'm really at a loss to understand why this effort has been fraught w/
problems (of any kind.)
About my firewall: 1GHz Duron w/ 128 MB of RAM, 40GB hdrive,
Realtek PCI Ethernet, Orinoco Wi-Fi (not monitored by NTOP) card,
256K Wi-Fi Internet connection, gcc-2.95.3.
Later....Jet
=============== From the desk of Jethro Wright, III ================
+ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their +
+ shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away +
+ *AND* you have their shoes. +
=== [EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================== Anon ===
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