Hi,
i have install ntop in my linux system use yum (yum install ntop).I entered in to /usr/share/ntop/html and i ran this "ntop" the following was am got
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.Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT: RRD: Started thread (t2995960720) for data collection
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t2995960720]: RRD: Data collection thread starting [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 INIT: Created pid file (/var/run/ntop.pid)
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t3086276304]: ntop RUNSTATE: INITNONROOT(3)
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 Now running as requested user 'ntop' (102:103)
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 Note: Reporting device initally set to 0 [venet0] (merged)
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t3086276304]: ntop RUNSTATE: RUN(4)
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t2985470864]: NPS(1): Started thread for network packet sniffing [venet0]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t2985470864]: NPS(venet0): pcapDispatch thread starting [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t2985470864]: NPS(venet0): pcapDispatch thread running [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t3048410000]: SIH: Idle host scan thread running [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:23 2011 THREADMGMT[t3058899856]: SFP: Fingerprint scan thread running [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:33 2011 THREADMGMT[t2974981008]: RRD: Started thread for throughput data collection
Mon Feb 7 21:50:33 2011 THREADMGMT[t2995960720]: RRD: Data collection thread running [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:33 2011 THREADMGMT[t2974981008]: RRD: Throughput data collection: Thread starting [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:50:33 2011 THREADMGMT[t2974981008]: RRD: Throughput data collection: Thread running [p24469]


FROM HERE IF I PRESS Crtl+c
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Mon Feb 7 21:53:48 2011 CLEANUP[t3086276304]: ntop caught signal 2 [state=4]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:48 2011 THREADMGMT[t3086276304]: ntop RUNSTATE: SHUTDOWN(7)
Mon Feb 7 21:53:48 2011 CLEANUP[t3086276304] catching thread is unknown
Mon Feb 7 21:53:48 2011 CLEANUP: Running threads SFP SIH WEB DNSAR1 DNSAR2 DNSAR3 NPS(venet0)
Mon Feb 7 21:53:48 2011 THREADMGMT[t3016940432]: DNSAR(3): Address resolution thread terminated [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:48 2011 Joining thread DNSAR1
Mon Feb 7 21:53:48 2011 THREADMGMT[t2985470864]: NPS(venet0): pcapDispatch thread terminated [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:49 2011 THREADMGMT[t2995960720]: RRD: Data collection thread stopping [p24469] State>RUN
Mon Feb 7 21:53:49 2011 THREADMGMT[t2995960720]: RRD: Data collection thread terminated [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:53 2011 THREADMGMT[t3006450576]: WEB: Server connection thread terminated [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:53 2011 THREADMGMT[t3058899856]: SFP: Fingerprint scan thread terminated [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:53 2011 THREADMGMT[t3048410000]: SIH: Idle host scan thread terminated [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:53 2011 THREADMGMT[t2974981008]: RRD: Throughput data collection: Thread stopping [p24469] State>RUN
Mon Feb 7 21:53:53 2011 THREADMGMT[t2974981008]: RRD: Throughput data collection: Thread terminated [p24469]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:58 2011 CLEANUP[t3086276304]: ntop caught signal 14 [state=7]
Mon Feb 7 21:53:58 2011 ntop is now quitting...

After this if i ran this "Service ntop start"
root@server [/usr/share/ntop/html]# service ntop start
Starting ntop: [ OK ]
Error Opening file ./GeoLiteCity.dat
Error Opening file ./GeoIPASNum.dat
root@server [/usr/share/ntop/html]#


Please any one guide me to complete this.
1.How to start the ntop service?
2.How to work with in URL?


Please help meeeeee........


Thanks In Advance,
hari.

Hi,

1. You can use service ntop start. The error you get looks like a known bug for rhel based distros

2. To access ntop page, use http://localhost:3000

Regards

Hi bathory,
i cant understand the 1'st point......can u explain that?

Hi,

From the bug report posted in my previous post, looks like even if ntop complains about those 2 files, it's actually starts and works normally.
You can check if it's running and listening on the default port 3000, using:
Regards

Thanks for ur reply...........

ya i check with that command its working fine.what about this
Error Opening file ./GeoLiteCity.dat
Error Opening file ./GeoIPASNum.dat
it cause any problems?
can u give me the configuration guide?
and i need to configure cisco router in ntop plzzzzz help for this........

Hi,

I don't think it's a problem as ntop actually reads those 2 files besides the error it spits out.
Regarding documentation have a look at the official documentation. For the rest you can use google to find what you want.

Regards

K thanks...........