Ntop not starting as a daemon? But starts normally as standalone??

kayasaman · 10-03-2008, 02:41 AM

Hi,

I'm experiancing problems with Ntop, I'm using a distribution called Clark Connect which is an RPM distro based on CentOS, however after trying to start Ntop as a Daemon I get this error:

Code:

# /etc/init.d/ntop -d start
Starting ntop:    Processing file /etc/ntop.conf for parameters...
Wed Oct  1 03:01:39 2008  NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
Wed Oct  1 03:01:39 2008  Initializing gdbm databases
FATAL ERROR: Unrecognized/unprocessed ntop options...
                                           ,     --user ntop, ,   --db-file-path /var/ntop, ,     ,     ,       --use-syslog, ,     ,       ,     ,         ,   ,

run ntop --help for usage information

    Common problems:
        -B "filter expressions" (quotes are required)
        --use-syslog=facilty (the = is required)

                                                           [FAILED]

I would like to be able to start it from startup so daemon would be best however if I start it normally or configure it to be a daemon and start it normally it works fine?

Of course with normal startup there isn't much to say but if started normally and is set to be used as daemon it will quite happily switch!

I'm wondering if there's something wrong with init.d script or rc.d??

I wonder if anyone has any experiance with this to help me?

Thanks

smbell100 · 10-04-2008, 12:35 AM

One possibility is that the init script for ntop is wrong - have a look at /etc/init.d/ntop and look for the start method. Apparently @/etc/ntop.conf needs to be the first arguement. See

http://www.opensubscriber.com/messag...t/9403350.html

Hope this helps

kayasaman · 10-04-2008, 03:27 AM

Thanks for that smbell100,

changing the old init.d script to:

Code:

daemon $prog @/etc/ntop.conf -d -L

was the answer!!

Many Thanks!

diegot84 · 08-26-2009, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kayasaman

Thanks for that smbell100,

changing the old init.d script to:

Code:

daemon $prog @/etc/ntop.conf -d -L

was the answer!!

Many Thanks!

Thank you very much, I've been looking for days, this is the only post that worked.

Thanks a lot.