I had a similar problem some time back ...though not every morning. First I put my ntop command [ntop -w 3000 -i eth0 -a /var/log/ntop.log -u ntop in your case] in /et/rc.local so that ntop is automatically started at bootup.
Then I created a script and use it as a cron job that runs every 15 minutes to check if ntop is running and to restart it if it isn't M.A. TAMON B.Eng, CCNP, CCNA _________________________ "A man owns nothing, not land or money, only his character, the loyalty & courage in his heart" - Commander Chakotay - StarTrek Voyager My BLOGs: [ICT Business Integration] - http://ibiztech.wordpress.com [Leadership Lessons from Movies] - http://thbs.wordpress.com [In Search of Excellence & Perfection] - http://perfexcellence.wordpress.com [Technical How Tos & Stuff-at-a-Glance] - http://techowto.wordpress.com On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Lay, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tshi > Mbuyi > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ntop] NTOP has to be manually restarted every morning > > > > I could not find any logs so I just restarted the process with the command: > > ntop -w 3000 -i eth0 -a /var/log/ntop.log -u ntop > > I am hoping this will have some interesting log entries. > >> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:46:54 +0200 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Ntop] NTOP has to be manually restarted every morning >> >> It is not so easy to help you if you don't say anything about the issue >> (what about logs?). >> Yuri >> >> On 10/14/2008 02:06 PM, Tshi Mbuyi wrote: >> > every morning, i had to restart my ntop process (I use ./ntop) command >> > to start it. Is there a way to have continuously running so that I don't >> > miss out on anything? >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on >> > the go. See Now >> > <http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/> >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > > ________________________________ > > Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. Learn Now > > > > Try running it in daemon mode. > > > > 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
