Try to start ntop with -P /tmp (for example). It is something related to permission on the directory where you save files. Yuri
decon brody wrote, On 19/08/2008 0.43: > Hi gang, I googled for this but couldn't find the answer. > > I installed ntop like this: > > yum groupinstall "Development Tools" > yum install rrdtool rrdtool-devel libpcap-devel gdbm-devel > svn co https://svn.ntop.org/svn/ntop/trunk/ntop > cd ntop > ./autogen.sh --with-rrd-home=/usr > make > make install > > Then I started it up on my bridge interface like this > ntop -i br0 -d > > Everything starts up, I can visit localhost:3000, I can see pie charts > etc. But this is in my logs (a lot) > > Aug 18 15:38:05 monitor ntop[5432]: **WARNING** RRD: > rrd_update(/usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd) error: > opening '/ > usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd': strerror_r > failed. sorry! > Aug 18 15:38:15 monitor ntop[5432]: **WARNING** RRD: > rrd_update(/usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd) error: > opening '/ > usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd': strerror_r > failed. sorry! > Aug 18 15:38:24 monitor ntop[5432]: **ERROR** RRD: rrd_graph() call > failed, rc -1, mmaping file '/usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/ > IP_MessengerBytes.rrd': strerror_r failed. sorry! > Aug 18 15:38:24 monitor ntop[5432]: RRD: Failing file in > graphCounter() is > /usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/IP_MessengerBytes.rrd > Aug 18 15:38:24 monitor ntop[5432]: **ERROR** RRD: rrd_graph() call > failed, rc -1, mmaping file '/usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/ > IP_MessengerBytes.rrd': strerror_r failed. sorry! > Aug 18 15:38:24 monitor ntop[5432]: RRD: Failing file in > graphSummary() is > /usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/IP_MessengerBytes.rrd > Aug 18 15:38:25 monitor ntop[5432]: **WARNING** RRD: > rrd_update(/usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd) error: > opening '/ > usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd': strerror_r > failed. sorry! > Aug 18 15:38:35 monitor ntop[5432]: **WARNING** RRD: > rrd_update(/usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd) error: > opening '/ > usr/local/var/ntop/rrd/interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd': strerror_r > failed. sorry! > > I start ntop as root but I have /usr/local.var/ntop owned by > apache:apache For some reason the rrd directory wasn't created for me, > so I manually created it, I also then created flows/ graphics/ > interfaces/ AND I tried interfaces/br0/throughput.rrd. Of course to no > avail. > > I've installed every rrd packacge I can find: > > collectd-rrdtool.i386 4.3.3-3.fc9 > installed > perl-RRD-Simple.noarch 1.43-3.fc9 > installed > rrdtool.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > rrdtool-devel.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > rrdtool-doc.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > rrdtool-perl.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > rrdtool-php.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > rrdtool-python.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > rrdtool-ruby.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > rrdtool-tcl.i386 1.3.0-1.fc9 > installed > > > Any ideas? Thanks! :) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop -- ############################################################ Yuri Francalacci E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.ntop.org/ *** Esse Quam Videri -- To Be, Rather Than To Seem *** ############################################################ _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
