Hi Thanks for the report. Yes ntop needs a browser nowdays. In the beginning the description was actually true. But I think that refers to about 6 or 10 years ago.
Patch is welcome. :) Best regards, // Ola On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 02:38:18AM -0500, A. Costa wrote: > Package: ntop > Version: 3:3.2-10.1 > Severity: normal > > > The package description sounds like a console util: > > % dlocate -s ntop | grep -A 5 Desc > Description: display network usage in top-like format > ntop is a Network Top program. It displays a summary of network usage by > machines on your network in a format reminiscent of the unix top utility. > > It can also be run in web mode, which allows the display to be browsed > with > a web browser. > > Particularly "can also be run in web mode", which implies its usual > interface is not web mode. Yet 'man ntop' says a browser is needed: > > % man ntop | grep -n -A 1 -m 1 browser > 46: stand-alone collector/display program. A web browser is > needed to > 47- access the information captured by the ntop program. > > > 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]
