Hi On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 11:28:28AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > Package: ntop > Version: 3:3.2-5 > Severity: normal > > piper:~# /etc/init.d/ntop start > [355] > Starting network top daemon: Fri Oct 6 11:25:18 2006 NOTE: Interface merge > enabled by default > Fri Oct 6 11:25:18 2006 Initializing gdbm databases > ntop > piper:~# /etc/init.d/ntop stop > [356] > Stopping network top daemon: No ntop found running; none killed. > ntop > > The reason is that I had not set an admin password yet, so it failed > to start. Would it be possible for ntop to indicate such failure, > ideally stating that a password needs to be define?
Maybe. I actually think it tries to but the script that ntop is started from (start-stop-deaemon) remove that output... This is documented in the README.Debian file but I agree that it could be printed in a nicer way. I have no good solution though. Regards, // Ola > Cheers, > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-amd64 > Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages ntop depends on: > ii adduser 3.97 Add and remove users and groups > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.5 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.3.999.2-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libgd2-noxpm 2.0.33-5.1 GD Graphics Library version 2 > (wit > ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm database routines > (runtime > ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's > JPEG > ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-7 System interface for user-level > pa > ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.2 PNG library - runtime > ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-3 SSL shared libraries > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime > > ntop recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information excluded > > -- > .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user > `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info > `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]