Not a nice solution, but a workaround is to delete all the *.db files in the /usr/local/var/ntop/ directory.  This worked for me.  I have written a script that deletes all the .db files before starting ntop each time.  I have tried making sure that the correct user has the correct permissions, and it hasn't worked correctly yet. 
Scott

On 11/28/05, James Lay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:09:47 +0100
Lech Pańkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hallo,
> I would like to ask for advice concerning the following problem:
>
> Trying to run 'ntop' I have fetched the code and compiled it
> according to description at
>      http://www.ntop.org/ntop.html        (Aurox 11 environment)
> The only warning during compilation was:
>
> "   WARNING: One or more items required for the xmldump plugin are
> missing: libxml2.so or libxml2.a...yes
>  gdome.h...no
>  libgdome.so or libgdome.a...no
>  glib.h...no
>  libglib.so or libglib.a...no
>  glibconfig.h...no
> .............
>  ntop will run just fine without this plugin..."
>
>
>                          Unfortunately, after  '#  ./ntop'  there is
> a message:
>
> NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
> Initializing gdbm databases
> **ERROR** ....open of /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File
> open error
> Possible solution: please use '-P <directory>'
> **FATAL_ERROR** GDBM open failed, ntop shutting down...
> CLEANUP[t3086252576]: ntop caught signal 2
> THREADMGMT[t3086252576]: ntop RUNSTATE: SHUTDOWN(7)
> CLEANUP[t3086252576] catching thread is MAIN
> CLEANUP: Running threads
> CLEANUP: Locking purge mutex (may block for a little while)
> CLEANUP: Locked purge mutex, continuing shutdown
> CLEANUP: Continues
> PLUGIN_TERM: Unloading plugins (if any)
> CLEANUP: Clean up complete
> THREADMGMT[t3086252576]: ntop RUNSTATE: TERM(8)
> ===================================
>                 ntop is shutdown...
> ===================================

1.  What user is this being run as?
2.  Is /usr/local/var/ntop owned by that use?

James
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