Hi again hostname refers to the hostname where ntop is installed. That is I prefer 1 over 2.
Thanks for your help. Best regards, // Ola On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 02:37:26AM -0500, A. Costa wrote: > Package: ntop > Version: 3:3.2-10.1 > Severity: normal > > > % man ntop | grep -C 1 -in "http://hostname:3000/" > 496- For example, if started with -w 3000 (the default port), > the URL to > 497: access ntop is http://hostname:3000/. If started with a full > specifi- > 498- cation, e.g. -w 192.168.1.1:3000, ntop listens on > only that > > Line #497 is puzzling. I'm guessing 'hostname' is a dummy variable, > because it doesn't work as a literal. Yet the text refers to it > as though it were a literal, ("_the_ URL..."). > > I'd include a patch, but am uncertain as to the intended meaning: > > 1) "the URL format to access ntop is http://hostname:3000/, where > "hostname" > is the system's name, e.g. http://192.168.1.1:3000. > > 2) "the URL to access ntop is http://localhost:3000/" > > ...or something else? Most users would prefer #2, because (in most > xterms) they can click on the URL to open it. > > Hope this helps... > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages ntop depends on: > ii adduser 3.105 add and remove users and groups > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.19 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.7-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libfreetype6 2.3.5-1+b1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libgd2-xpm 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-1 GD Graphics Library version 2 > ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm database routines > (runtime > ii libjpeg62 6b-14 The Independent JPEG Group's > JPEG > ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-9 System interface for user-level > pa > ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-3 PNG library - runtime > ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-7 SSL shared libraries > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime > > ntop recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information excluded > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://opalsys.net/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ 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]