[SOLVED] ntop start error Redhad 4.8 EL

Touch · 10-19-2009, 02:25 PM

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for helping me. I am trying to run NTOP on redhat 4.8 EL x64.

The ntop version i am installing is 3.2

I enter the command:

Code:

ntop -P /usr/local/lib/ntop -w 9000 -d

I get the the same output i get on my centOS5 test server that works, but it doesn't work on the redhat computer. It looks like it should be running but it's not. Any ideas anyone?

Code:

Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Initializing gdbm databases
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  ntop will be started as user nobody
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  ntop v.3.2 SourceForge .tgz
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Configured on Oct 19 2009 14:18:29, built on Oct 19 2009 14:19:10.
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Copyright 1998-2005 by Luca Deri <deri@ntop.org>
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  NOTE: ntop is running from 'ntop'
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the --instance parameter)
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/local/lib'
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Initializing ntop
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Checking eth0 for additional devices
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Resetting traffic statistics for device eth0
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Initializing gdbm databases
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  VENDOR: Loading MAC address table.
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  VENDOR: File '/usr/local/etc/ntop/specialMAC.txt.gz' does not need to be reloaded
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  VENDOR: File '/usr/local/etc/ntop/oui.txt.gz' does not need to be reloaded
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Fingeprint: Loading signature file.
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  Fingeprint: ...loaded 1697 records
Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  INIT: Parent process is exiting (this is normal)
[root@ ~]# Mon Oct 19 15:16:29 2009  INIT: Bye bye: I'm becoming a daemon...

Thanks!

acid_kewpie · 10-19-2009, 02:30 PM

what says it's not running? If you run ntop without the -d option it won't fork into the background, so if for some reason it does die, you'll see.

Touch · 10-19-2009, 03:19 PM

Thanks acid_kewpie,

I'm not sure what the problem was but I ran the ntop without the -d option and it started. I then stoped the process and started it again with the -d option and it is running as a deamon fine.