thx for you help, i am still unable to figure out my problem, i have check the perms, given rights to files (like 777) but still no success so i am when i need ntop's info just run it as root.
chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burton Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:51 AM Subject: Re: [Ntop] web page not displaying information when running as -u ntop > That's because it's install-data-local (I always confuse the two - grep install Makefile | grep local | grep data) > > Databases and such are opened as root before ntop sheds privledges. .html files et al are read by the web server thread as ntop. > > -----Burton > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Chris K Ellsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:02:29 -0800 > > >i under stand that the diff between -u root and -u ntop > > > >but what files does ntop have to read and write to operate, if i can check > >that i can validate if there is a perm problem or not > >becuase root can do the stuff but ntop cannot. > > > >is there a tool i can run ntop under that would log or show files its trying > >to access and it if failed/succeeded? > > > >also i tried the make install-local-data, it says ... no rule to make > >target > >im running make install-local-data in the ntop dir of the source code. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Burton Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:24 AM > >Subject: Re: [Ntop] web page not displaying information when running as -u > >ntop > > > > > >> Think > >> > >> -u root means that you don't drop root's privledges, so pretty much you > >can read any file. > >> > >> -u ntop means you run with ntop's privledges, and MUST - as ntop - be able > >to read the files you're trying to copy... > >> > >> If you can't see the files as root, then your install probably failed. > >Might have to do 'make install-local-data' -- although make install does > >invoke install-local-data, I have had to do it by hand once or twice. > >> > >> Use wget http://127.0.0.1:3000/info.html and such to retrieve the pages. > >> > >> -----Burton > >> > >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > >> From: "Chris K Ellsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:35:11 -0800 > >> > >> >well it shows up when im -u root, but not when im -u ntop > >> >should i be able to find -iname that file or at least browse to > >> >/usr/local/share/ntop/html and see it? > >> >becuase in either case (root or ntop) i cannot > >> > > >> >broswer is ie6x > >> >I have tried it from more than 1 compuer and have had friends try it > >also, > >> >they get the same result. > >> > > >> >Its currently running as root on http:\\198.31.174.48:3000 > >> > > >> >all this computer has is lynx for a web browser so icannot view it > >locally > >> > > >> >does the dir -P <dir> need to refed somewhere in the config.h file for > >> >compling? > >> > > >> >Chris > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "Burton Strauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:19 AM > >> >Subject: Re: [Ntop] web page not displaying information when running > >as -u > >> >ntop > >> > > >> > > >> >> Try one of the internally generated pages > >> >(http://127.0.0.1:3000/info.html) and one that's an .html file in > >> >/usr/share/ntop/html (or wherever you installed them). > >> >> > >> >> If it's permissions, the generated page is ok and the other one won't > >> >appear. > >> >> > >> >> If it's a browser problem (which one are you using, BTW), then neither > >> >should appear. > >> >> > >> >> -----Burton > >> >> > >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > >> >> From: "Chris K Ellsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:09:08 -0800 > >> >> > >> >> >Ok i have found that if i dont run it as -u root i cannot display the > >> >> >information, all i get is the left and top bars > >> >> >i belive this is something to do with the rights of the user ntop. or > >> >what > >> >> >files he has access to. > >> >> >I have tried to give the permissions notp.root but no luck yet, but > >again > >> >i > >> >> >could be missing something. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> >OS version its the gentoo 1.4rc3 > >> >> > > >> >> >./CONFIGURE OUTPUT > >> >> >This is your ntop 2.1.3 configuration: > >> >> > > >> >> >Host System Type : i686-pc-linux-gnu > >> >> >Compiler (cflags) : gcc -g -O2 -pipe -DHAVE_CONFIG_H > >> >> >Include path > >> >> > : -I/root/ntop/ntop-2.1.3/gdchart0.94c -I/usr/include/openssl > >> >> >System Libs : -lpthread -lresolv -lnsl -ldl > >> >> >Core Libs : -lpcap -lgdbm > >> >> >Additional Libs > >> >> > >> > >>>: -lcrypt -lm -lz -L/root/ntop/ntop-2.1.3/gdchart0.94c -lgdchart -lgd -l p > >n > >> >g > >> >> > -lz -L/usr/lib -lssl -lcrypto > >> >> >LBL pcap in : standard installation > >> >> >GNU gdbm in : > >> >> >MultiThread mode : yes > >> >> >Install path : /usr/local > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> >MY RUN LINE AND OUTPUT: > >> >> >test ntop # ntop -P /var/ntop -u ntop > >> >> >Wait please: ntop is coming up... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Initializing IP services... > >> >> >SSL is present but https is disabled: use -W <https port> for enabling > >it > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Initializing GDBM... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Initializing network devices... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 ntop v.2.1.3 MT (SSL) [i686-pc-linux-gnu] > >(03/16/03 > >> >> >07:52:56 AM build) > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Listening on [eth0] > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Copyright 1998-2002 by Luca Deri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/ > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Initializing... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Truncated network size to 1024 hosts (real > >netmask > >> >> >255.255.255.0) > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Loading plugins (if any)... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Searching plugins in ./plugins > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Welcome to icmpWatchPlugin. (C) 1999 by Luca > >Deri. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Welcome to LastSeenWatchPlugin. (C) 1999 by > >Andrea > >> >> >Marangoni. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Welcome to NetFlow. (C) 2002 by Luca Deri. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Welcome to nfsWatchPlugin. (C) 1999 by Luca Deri. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Welcome to PDAPlugin. (C) 2001-2002 by L.Deri and > >> >> >W.Brock > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Welcome to sFlowPlugin. (C) 2002 by Luca Deri. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Resetting traffic statistics... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Started thread (16386) for network packet > >analyser. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Started thread (32771) for idle hosts detection. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Started thread (49156) for DNS address > >resolution. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Started thread (65541) for address purge. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Initializing plugins (if any)... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 NetFlow export disabled > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Waiting for HTTP connections on port 3000... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Started thread (81926) for web server. > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Sniffying... > >> >> >17/Mar/2003 09:08:12 Started thread (98311) for network packet > >sniffing > >> >on > >> >> >eth0. > >> >> > > >> >> >LS -la OUTPUTS > >> >> >/var/ntop > >> >> >drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 17 09:08 . > >> >> >drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Mar 16 09:29 .. > >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 Mar 16 09:33 LsWatch.db > >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12346 Mar 17 09:22 > >addressCache.db > >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25613 Mar 17 09:22 dnsCache.db > >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190129 Mar 17 07:04 hostsInfo.db > >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12437 Mar 17 06:56 ntop_pw.db > >> >> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12517 Mar 16 09:33 prefsCache.db > >> >> > > >> >> >/usr/local/share/ntop/html > >> >> >drwxr-xrwx 3 root root 4096 Mar 16 09:26 . > >> >> >drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 16 09:26 .. > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1512 Sep 16 08:28 About.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 2098 Sep 16 08:28 Admin.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1003 Sep 16 08:28 Copyright.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1705 Sep 16 08:28 DataRcvd.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1681 Sep 16 08:28 DataSent.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1564 Sep 16 08:28 > >IPProtocols.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1640 Sep 16 08:28 IPTraffic.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 866 Sep 16 08:28 Risk_high.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 854 Sep 16 08:28 Risk_low.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 861 Sep 16 08:28 > >Risk_medium.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 855 Sep 16 08:28 > >Risk_unknown.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1764 Sep 16 08:28 Stats.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1016 Sep 16 08:28 antenna.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 147 Sep 16 08:28 arrow_down.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 148 Sep 16 08:28 arrow_up.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 954 Sep 16 08:28 back.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 4852 Sep 16 08:28 bar.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 77 Sep 16 08:28 bg_line.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 35 Sep 16 08:28 black.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 843 Sep 16 08:28 > >bottom_corner.gif > >> >> >-rwx-wx-wx 1 root root 1036 Sep 16 08:28 bulb.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 910 Sep 16 08:28 card.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 89 Sep 16 08:28 child.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 45 Sep 16 08:28 clear.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 94 Sep 16 08:28 collapsed.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1550 Sep 16 08:28 copyright.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 107 Sep 16 08:28 corner.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1135 Sep 16 08:28 deleteURL.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1045 Sep 16 08:28 deleteUser.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1130 Sep 16 08:28 dns.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 90 Sep 16 08:28 error.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 91 Sep 16 08:28 expanded.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1406 Sep 16 08:28 favicon.ico > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 959 Sep 16 08:28 fback.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 953 Sep 16 08:28 fforward.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 957 Sep 16 08:28 forward.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 3519 Sep 16 08:28 gauge.jpg > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 306 Sep 16 08:28 gray_bg.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1948 Sep 16 08:28 help.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1214 Sep 16 08:28 index.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1173 Sep 16 08:28 > >index_inner.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1232 Sep 16 08:28 > >index_inner_w3c.h > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1217 Sep 16 08:28 > >index_left.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1276 Sep 16 08:28 > >index_left_w3c.ht > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 2031 Sep 16 08:28 index_top.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 2109 Sep 16 08:28 > >index_top_w3c.htm > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1229 Sep 16 08:28 index_w3c.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 98 Sep 16 08:28 info.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 560 Sep 16 08:28 > >j_DataRcvd.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 540 Sep 16 08:28 > >j_DataSent.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 782 Sep 16 08:28 j_Stats.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1081 Sep 16 08:28 j_home.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 842 Sep 16 08:28 > >j_index_top.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 619 Sep 16 08:28 mail.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 118 Sep 16 08:28 major.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 7211 Sep 16 08:28 menubar.png > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 5655 Sep 16 08:28 menubar_j.png > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 366 Sep 16 08:28 menuline.png > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 97 Sep 16 08:28 minor.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 864 Sep 16 08:28 modifyUser.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1017 Sep 16 08:28 multihomed.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1347 Sep 16 08:28 ntop.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 19453 Sep 16 08:28 ntop.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 923 Sep 16 08:28 printer.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 132 Sep 16 08:28 question.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 901 Sep 16 08:28 router.gif > >> >> >drwx-wx-wx 4 root root 4096 Mar 16 09:26 statsicons > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1350 Sep 16 08:28 style.css > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 989 Sep 16 08:28 top.html > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 1023 Sep 16 08:28 url.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 919 Sep 16 08:28 user.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 3580 Sep 16 08:28 vgauge.jpg > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 444 Sep 16 08:28 warning.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 179 Sep 16 08:28 wheel.gif > >> >> >-rw--w--w- 1 root root 274 Sep 16 08:28 white_bg.gif > >> >> >test html # > >> >> > > >> >> >Chris K Ellsworth > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >> >Ntop mailing list > >> >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> >http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> ____________________________________________________________ > >> >> Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! > >> >> Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/ > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Ntop mailing list > >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > >> >> > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Ntop mailing list > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> 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