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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
