try to remove comment line from the config file. Yuri Miguel A. Velasco wrote, On 06/10/2008 12.05: > Hi all, I´m running ntop-3.3.6-1.el5.rf (installed with $yum install > ntop) in a CentOS release 5.2. > > When I execute "$service ntop start" it returns de following error: > > Starting ntop: Processing file /etc/ntop.conf for parameters... > Mon Oct 6 11:31:25 2008 NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default > Mon Oct 6 11:31:25 2008 Initializing gdbm databases > FATAL ERROR: Unrecognized/unprocessed ntop options... > , --user ntop, , > --db-file-path /var/ntop, , --interface eth0,eth1, , , > --use-syslog=local1, , , --http-server 3200, , --https-server > 3203, , , , --daemon, > > run ntop --help for usage information > > Common problems: > -B "filter expressions" (quotes are required) > --use-syslog=facilty (the = is required) > > My /etc/ntop.conf config is: > > ### Sets the user that ntop runs as. > ### NOTE: This should not be root unless you really understand the > security risks. > --user ntop > > ### Sets the directory that ntop runs from. > --db-file-path /var/ntop > > ### Interface(s) that ntop will capture on (default: eth0) > --interface eth0,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=local1 > > ### 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 3200 > > ### Sets the port that the optional HTTPS webserver listens on > --https-server 3203 > > ### Sets the networks that ntop should consider as local. > ### NOTE: Uses dotted decimal and CIDR notation. Example: ###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 the domain. ntop should be able to determine this automatically. > #--domain mydomain.com > > ### Sets program to run as a daemon > ### NOTE: For more than casual use, you probably want this. > --daemon > > But if I execute at the command line the following: > $ntop -w 3200 -W 3203 -i eth0,eth1 -d -L -a /var/log/ntop.log -u ntop > > It works fine! > > I have the local1 facility in my /etc/sylog.conf like follows: > local1.* /var/log/ntop.log > > I would be very pleasant if anyone could tell me something to try in my > configuration. > > Best regards, > Miguel A.Velasco > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop
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