can't install iftop on Red Hat 5.5

danndp · 02-08-2011, 05:20 AM

Hello friends,

I can't execute iftop on Red Hat, take a look:

Quote:

root@OpenSIPS:/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386# rpm -ivh iftop-0.17-6.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package iftop-0.17-6.i386 is already installed

root@OpenSIPS:/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386# yum list iftop
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Installed Packages
iftop.i386 0.17-6 installed

Seems to be installed, but i can't execute it..../sbin/iftop doesn't exist, the executable doesn't exist...what should i check?

Thanks!

prodev05 · 02-08-2011, 05:39 AM

uninstall and install it again.
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.Again if its not showing, take your rpm DB a backup and re-build it.

danndp · 02-08-2011, 05:42 AM

got it...i change to root with:

Quote:

su -

and now i can execute iftop....but i want to execute iftop without changing to root every time...i already have my user in /etc/sudoers, i would like to execute iftop as non root user, how can i do that?

I've used iftop in machines as non root user, and i always could execute it, but now i'm configuring the machine and i can't solve the problem...any help please?

Thanks!

prodev05 · 02-08-2011, 05:43 AM

Bravo

danndp · 02-08-2011, 05:51 AM

but i want to execute iftop as non root, just with my user...i'm using ngrep and other applications without change to root...why do i have to execute iftop with root? can i use iftop without changing to root? i have my user in /etc/sudoers...what should i do?

geovg · 02-08-2011, 06:35 AM

copy the binary to /usr/bin/ and try

danndp · 02-08-2011, 07:13 AM

I've changed the PATH of my user in bash_profile to match the path of iftop, like this...but when i make sudo -s to change my user to become as super user (i have my user added into /etc/sudoers) and then i lost again the path...why is that?

geovg · 02-08-2011, 10:04 AM

try this,

su - user -c "iftop"