Burton M. Strauss III wrote:

Quick reply re the ultimate error.  Julian, read the back traffic and
docs/FAQ on this, it's quite common.

Basically, the directory has to exist and be writable by the -u userid.
What directory ntop uses is set by the -P parameter (and possibly another -
man ntop).  The default - if it's unspecified - is derived from the
./configure --prefix setting.


talking about this error ?
08/Nov/2003 10:57:22 [initialize:862] Opening database
'/opt/var/ntop/prefsCache.db'
08/Nov/2003 10:57:22 [initialize:868] **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of
/opt/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error
08/Nov/2003 10:57:22 [initialize:880] Is another instance of ntop running?

Program exited with code 0377.
(gdb)
because the directory exists, the real problem was, i you do not use '-u user', ntop decrease privs to '(null)' (null being nobody) so ... here a problem i think:
if configure has detect a ntop user, use it, else without -u, use root.


else the main point of the post is having ntop running on openbsd
(has yet to see stability and speed but it runs :)

Regards

Julien

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