Actually it's doing exactly what you told it. Did you give it a -u parameter to tell it to run as somebody else? NO... so nobody is one of the defaults - read the man page.
Similarly, without a -P parameter, where is it going to look for database... you guessed it - a default location... read the man page. Let's see... "Also when I log into a.b.c.d:3000 it doesn't prompt for a user or password so anyone can view the stats." yes, that's how ntop works - read the docs/FAQ articles on userids for more info. -----Burton > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joey > Troy > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ntop] ntop freebsd 5.2 web access not working > > > Burton, > > > Thanks for the info I was able to fire up the beast fired up :D > However I still have a few problems.. > > > I ran command > > > #ntop -dw a.b.c.d:3000 > > > woo hoo it works! The problem with this is it's not using the config > file at all, it's running out of /var/db/ntop as nobody when it should > be running from /usr/local/ntop as ntop. Also when I log into > a.b.c.d:3000 it doesn't prompt for a user or password so anyone can view > the stats. When I try to run > > # sh /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntop.sh start > > > it acts like it works however > > #ps -aux > > does not list ntop. Not sure what I am missing but I do feel a lot > closer :D > > Joey T. > > <snip /> _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
