Hello Have you set the admin password (see README.Debian file)? Have you already started ntop? Have you tried to start ntop with /etc/init.d/ntop start ?
Regards, // Ola On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 10:26:28AM -0500, Nick Traxler wrote: > Package: ntop > Version: 2:3.0-5 > Severity: important > > ntop fails to run from a fresh install on a Debian machine running > unstable. It appears to be a permission problem, but setting the file in > question to 666 makes no difference. Transcript: > > debian:/home/nick# ntop -i eth0 > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 ntop will be started as user nobody > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 ntop v.3.0 SourceForge .tgz MT (SSL) > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Configured on Jan 30 2005 22:53:02, built on > Jan 30 2005 22:53:23. > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Copyright 1998-2004 by Luca Deri > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Get the freshest ntop from > http://www.ntop.org/ > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Initializing ntop > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Checking eth0 for additional devices > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Resetting traffic statistics for device eth0 > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14 > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Initializing gdbm databases > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 Now running as requested user 'nobody' > (65534:65534) > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of > /var/lib/ntop/ntop_pw.db failed: File open error > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 1. Is another instance of ntop running? > Sat Aug 27 10:13:23 2005 2. Make sure that the use you specified can > write in the target directory > > debian:/home/nick# > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.12.3 > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages ntop depends on: > ii debconf 1.4.57 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libgd2-noxpm 2.0.33-2 GD Graphics Library version 2 > (wit > ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 GNU dbm database routines > (runtime > ii libjpeg62 6b-10 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-1 PNG library - runtime > ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7g-1 SSL shared libraries > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-3 compression library - runtime > > ntop recommends no packages. > > -- debconf information: > * ntop/user: ntop > * ntop/interfaces: eth0 > > -- --------------------- 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]
