RE: [Ntop] NTOP fails because of max sessions reached

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:23:36 -0800

Ok... Read docs/FAQ on the -X and -x options - they're blunt instruments, so you shouldn't be surprised by blunt results.
 
-----Burton

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Subject: [Ntop] NTOP fails because of max sessions reached

I am getting an error stating that the max number of sessions has been reached.  When this occurs, all monitoring stops and only reports the stats at the time of the error.  Any ideas?
 
NTOP LOG------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3026811824]: NPA: network packet analyzer (packet processor) thread running [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3018419120]: SFP: Fingerprint scan thread starting [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3010026416]: SIH: Idle host scan thread starting [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3001633712]: DNSAR(1): Started thread for DNS address resolution
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Calling plugin start functions (if any)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  SSL: Initializing...
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  SSL_PRNG: Automatically initialized!
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  SSL initialized successfully
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  INITWEB: Initializing web server
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  INITWEB: Initializing tcp/ip socket connections for web server
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  INITWEB: Initialized ssl socket, port 443, address (any)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  INITWEB: Waiting for HTTPS (SSL) connections on port 443
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  INITWEB: Starting web server
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t2979724208]: INITWEB: Started thread for web server
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Listening on [eth0]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Loading Plugins
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Searching for plugins in /usr/lib/ntop/plugins
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  NETFLOW: Welcome to NetFlow.(C) 2002-05 by Luca Deri
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  RRD: Welcome to Round-Robin Databases. (C) 2002-04 by Luca Deri.
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  XMLDUMP: Welcome to XML data dump. (C) 2003-2004 by Burton Strauss
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  LASTSEEN: Welcome to Host Last Seen. (C) 1999 by Andrea Marangoni
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  SFLOW: Welcome to sFlow.(C) 2002-04 by Luca Deri
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  SNMP: Welcome to SNMP. (C) 2004 by F.Fusco and G.Giardina
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  PDA: Welcome to PDA. (C) 2001-2005 by L.Deri and W.Brock
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  ICMP: Welcome to ICMP Watch. (C) 1999-2005 by Luca Deri
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Calling plugin start functions (if any)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  RRD: Welcome to the RRD plugin
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  RRD: Mask for new directories is 0700
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  RRD: Mask for new files is 0066
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT: RRD: Started thread (t2970778544) for data collection
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3001633712]: DNSAR(1): Address resolution thread running [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t2979724208]: WEB: Server connection thread starting [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Note: SIGPIPE handler set (ignore)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t2979724208]: WEB: Server connection thread running [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  WEB: ntop's web server is now processing requests
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t2970778544]: RRD: Data collection thread starting [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3058153152]: ntop RUNSTATE: INITNONROOT(3)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Now running as requested user 'nobody' (65534:65534)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  **WARNING** INIT: Unable to create pid file (/var/lib/ntop/ntop.pid)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  Note: Reporting device initally set to 0 [eth0] (merged)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3058153152]: ntop RUNSTATE: RUN(4)
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t2962385840]: NPS(1): Started thread for network packet sniffing
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t2962385840]: NPS(1,eth0): pcapDispatch thread starting [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t2962385840]: NPS(1,eth0): pcapDispatch thread running [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3018419120]: SFP: Fingerprint scan thread running [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:13 2006  THREADMGMT[t3010026416]: SIH: Idle host scan thread running [p17459]
Fri Mar 24 20:00:23 2006  **ERROR** RRD: Disabled - unable to create base directory (err 13, /var/lib/ntop/rrd)
Sat Mar 25 05:58:53 2006  WARNING: Max num TCP sessions (65535) reached (see -X)

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