run the start script like
sh -x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntop start
and check how ntop is launched: maybe it is pointing to a different
prefs file.
Regards, Yuri

On 04/14/2009 03:26 AM, Kurt Buff wrote:
> I'm putting together a new ntop installation (well, sorta new - it's
> FreeBSD 7.1Release, with ntop 3.3_4 out of the base ports tree) and
> can't start the darn thing. I keep getting the following error:
> 
>      Apr 13 17:57:11 znetmon ntop[654]:   [admin.c:967]
> **FATAL_ERROR** No password for admin user - please re-run ntop in
> non-daemon mode first
> 
> But, I've done that, several times:
> 
>      /usr/local/bin/ntop -u ntop -A
> 
> Whereupon it prompts for the password, and I type it in, and it looks
> happy, but then
> 
>      '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ntop start'
> 
> yields the same message in /var/log/messages, every time.
> 
> I've perused the FAQ and man pages multiple times, and I have another
> ntop running just fine, for many moons now.
> 
> Any hints?
> 
> I am updating the ports tree right now, and will get a more current
> version of ntop installed soonest, but this is a bit weird.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kurt
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