Ntop Not Starting At Boot

[wormser]

I have ntop installed and it works fine, but I have to manually start it after each boot. My boot log shows ntop in the start up process. Any ideas?


sudo ntop -u ntop -d
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Initializing gdbm databases
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 ntop v.3.2 SourceForge .tgz
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Configured on May 21 2007 17:35:23, built on May 21 2007 17:35:55.
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Copyright 1998-2005 by Luca Deri <deri@ntop.org>
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 NOTE: ntop is running from 'ntop'
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the --instance parameter)
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/lib'
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Initializing ntop
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Checking eth0 for additional devices
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Resetting traffic statistics for device eth0
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Initializing gdbm databases
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 VENDOR: Loading MAC address table.
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/specialMAC.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 VENDOR: File '/etc/ntop/oui.txt' does not need to be reloaded
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Fingeprint: Loading signature file.
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 Fingeprint: ...loaded 1697 records
Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 INIT: Parent process is exiting (this is normal)
poindexter@xanadu:~$ Sat Apr 26 20:42:08 2008 INIT: Bye bye: I'm becoming a daemon...

[Oldsoldier2003]

Just a stab in the dark Wormser, but check your init scripts...


To have ntop start at boot and constantly watch traffic, add the following to /etc/init.d/rc.local or a similar script that is started at boot:

ntop -P /var/lib/ntop -u ntop -d

http://www.builderau.com.au/program/linux/soa/Monitor-network-traffic-with-ntop/0,339028299,339281712,00.htm

[wormser]

Just a stab in the dark Wormser, but check your init scripts...

http://www.builderau.com.au/program/linux/soa/Monitor-network-traffic-with-ntop/0,339028299,339281712,00.htm

Thanks for the link. I believe this is related to this bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntop/+bug/138682). It looks like there is a work around.

[bazzieb]

Can i paste this ntop -P /var/lib/ntop -u ntop -d anywhere in that file?