Hrmm....I have always had good luck with the following: Starting ntop with:
chown -R nobody:nobody /usr/local/var/ntop /usr/local/bin/ntop -u nobody *other options..* What user is it running as? On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:18:02 -0500 Scott Huffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Ntop mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > > _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
