Hi Yuri,
Thanks for your reply.
I running ntop without using the config file (issue ntop on console) without
any error, but it only capture eth0, that's not my wanted.

in my ocnfig file, I used --user=root, but from the running result, it show
runing by user "ntop", do you think is that problem?


2008/7/10 Yuri Francalacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> do you have the same error even running ntop without using the config file?
> Try to run ntop on interface eth0 just to check that package is working
> as expected.
>
> Yuri
>
> Yu Wan wrote, On 09/07/2008 17.00:
> > Dear ALL,
> > I have problem on ntop v.3.3.6 (Dag Apt RPM Repository) on CentOS 5.0
> >
> > I have one PC with 256M memory and 2 NIC, eth0 used for management, and
> > eth1 was spaned from switch for my internet router.
> > When I run with "ntop @/etc/ntop.conf", the system complain "**ERROR**
> > pcap_open_live(): 'bind: Network is down'"
> > Please check the error message:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ntop @/etc/ntop.conf
> >    Processing file /etc/ntop.conf for parameters...
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  Initializing gdbm databases
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  ntop v.3.3.6 (Dag Apt RPM Repository)
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  Configured on Jun 12 2008 11:27:52, built on
> > Jun 12 2008 11:30:05.
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  Copyright 1998-2007 by Luca Deri
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  Get the freshest ntop from
> http://www.ntop.org/
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  NOTE: ntop is running from 'ntop'
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the
> > --instance parameter)
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/lib'
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  Initializing ntop
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:44 2008  No patterns to load: protocol guessing
> disabled.
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:45 2008  **ERROR** pcap_open_live(): 'bind: Network is
> > down'
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:45 2008  Please correct the problem or select a
> > different interface using the -i flag
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:45 2008  **FATAL_ERROR** Not root, ntop shutting down...
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:45 2008  CLEANUP[t3086829248]: ntop caught signal 2
> > [state=2]
> > Thu Jul 10 06:48:45 2008  ntop is now quitting...
> >
> >
> > But I was very sure the link with eth1 was up.Does anyboy who can help
> > me to check it?
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > Please check OS information:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# uname -a
> > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Thu Mar 15 19:57:35 EDT
> > 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> >
> > And the way I installed the ntop
> > rpm -Uhv
> >
> http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
> > yum install ntop
> >
> > The configuration of ntop:
> > --user root
> >
> > ### Sets the directory that ntop runs from.
> > --db-file-path /var/ntop
> >
> > ### Interface(s) that ntop will capture on (default: eth0)
> > --interface eth1
> >
> > ### Configures ntop not to trust MAC addrs.  This is used when port
> > mirroring or SPAN
> > --no-mac
> >
> > ### Logging messages to syslog (instead of the console):
> > ###  NOTE: To log to a specific facility, use --use-syslog=local3
> > ###  NOTE: The = is REQUIRED and no spaces are permitted.
> > #--use-syslog
> >
> > ### Tells ntop to track only local hosts as specified by the
> > --local-subnets option
> > #--track-local-hosts
> >
> > ### Sets the port that the HTTP webserver listens on
> > ###  NOTE: --http-server 3000 is the default
> > #--http-server 3000
> >
> > ### Sets the port that the optional HTTPS webserver listens on
> > #--https-server 3001
> >
> > ### Sets the networks that ntop should consider as local.
> > ###  NOTE: Uses dotted decimal and CIDR notation. Example:
> > 192.168.0.0/24 <http://192.168.0.0/24>
> > ###        The addresses of the interfaces are always local and don't
> > need to be specified.
> > #--local-subnets xx.xx.xx.xx/yy
> > ### Sets program to run as a daemon
> > ###  NOTE: For more than casual use, you probably want this.
> >
> >
> >
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