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Started by D. Phan
Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:47
where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: D. Phan
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:47
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 04:47
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Hello there, each day each question :-) I am after a net monitoring application so I can monitor all XP's nodes on LAN. My wants is to know exactly how much data up/down monthly for each node. Assume my server runs 24/7 but ppp0 (a dialup connection) sometimes disconnects ntop / darkstat ..is that good enough to monitor those i want? anyway, i ve tried ntop with no success. the error likes that: --- Wed Aug 4 14:11:19 2004 Initializing ntop Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Checking eth0 for additional devices Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Resetting traffic statistics for device eth0 Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14 Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Initializing gdbm databases Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Now running as requested user 'nobody' (99:99) Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 1. Is another instance of ntop running? Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 2. Make sure that the use you specified can write in the target directory --- any idea? thanks and regards dphan
Re: where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: mAineAc
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:28
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:28
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D. Phan wrote: > Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Initializing gdbm databases > Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Now running as requested user 'nobody' (99:99) > Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of > /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error > Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 1. Is another instance of ntop running? > Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 2. Make sure that the use you specified can > write in the target directory > --- > any idea? > thanks and regards > dphan You can try 'chown nobody /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db' it says, right in what you posted, that there is an owner or permission problem. mAineAc
Re: where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: D. Phan
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:17
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:17
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mAineAc wrote: > D. Phan wrote: > >> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Initializing gdbm databases >> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Now running as requested user 'nobody' (99:99) >> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of >> /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error >> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 1. Is another instance of ntop running? >> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 2. Make sure that the use you specified can >> write in the target directory >> --- >> any idea? >> thanks and regards >> dphan > > > You can try 'chown nobody /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db' But after ntop was installed, the path /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db was not existed! That is my wonder.. > it says, right in what you posted, that there is an owner or permission > problem. > > mAineAc
Re: where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: mAineAc
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:32
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:32
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D. Phan wrote: > mAineAc wrote: > >> D. Phan wrote: >> >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Initializing gdbm databases >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Now running as requested user 'nobody' (99:99) >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of >>> /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 1. Is another instance of ntop running? >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 2. Make sure that the use you specified can >>> write in the target directory >>> --- >>> any idea? >>> thanks and regards >>> dphan >> >> >> >> You can try 'chown nobody /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db' > > But after ntop was installed, the path /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db > was not existed! That is my wonder.. > >> it says, right in what you posted, that there is an owner or >> permission problem. >> >> mAineAc Did you receive any errors when installing? Did you read the INSTALL file that came with the source? Did you install this from source? Did you use a slackware package for this? If so did you have all the prerequisite programs installed? If the file doesn't exist then perhaps the directory couldn't be written to and you will have to 'chown -R nobody /usr/local/var/ntop' to change the ownership of the whole directory soit can be written to. mAineAc
Re: where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: colin
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:49
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:49
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mAineAc <maineac_____@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:abydnUE_25YCnIzcRVn-gA@adelphia.com... > D. Phan wrote: > > mAineAc wrote: > > > >> D. Phan wrote: > >> > >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Initializing gdbm databases > >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Now running as requested user 'nobody' (99:99) > >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of > >>> /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error > >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 1. Is another instance of ntop running? > >>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 2. Make sure that the use you specified can > >>> write in the target directory > >>> --- > >>> any idea? > >>> thanks and regards > >>> dphan > >> > >> > >> > >> You can try 'chown nobody /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db' > > > > But after ntop was installed, the path /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db > > was not existed! That is my wonder.. > > > >> it says, right in what you posted, that there is an owner or > >> permission problem. > >> > >> mAineAc > > Did you receive any errors when installing? Did you read the INSTALL > file that came with the source? Did you install this from source? Did > you use a slackware package for this? If so did you have all the > prerequisite programs installed? If the file doesn't exist then perhaps > the directory couldn't be written to and you will have to 'chown -R > nobody /usr/local/var/ntop' to change the ownership of the whole > directory soit can be written to. > > mAineAc You sound very much, like a FKIA.
Re: where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: D. Phan
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:32
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:32
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mAineAc wrote: > D. Phan wrote: > >> mAineAc wrote: >> >>> D. Phan wrote: >>> >>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Initializing gdbm databases >>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Now running as requested user 'nobody' >>>> (99:99) >>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of >>>> /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error >>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 1. Is another instance of ntop running? >>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 2. Make sure that the use you specified >>>> can write in the target directory >>>> --- >>>> any idea? >>>> thanks and regards >>>> dphan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> You can try 'chown nobody /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db' >> >> >> But after ntop was installed, the path >> /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db was not existed! That is my wonder.. >> >>> it says, right in what you posted, that there is an owner or >>> permission problem. >>> >>> mAineAc > > > Did you receive any errors when installing? Did you read the INSTALL > file that came with the source? Did you install this from source? Did > you use a slackware package for this? If so did you have all the > prerequisite programs installed? If the file doesn't exist then perhaps > the directory couldn't be written to and you will have to 'chown -R > nobody /usr/local/var/ntop' to change the ownership of the whole > directory soit can be written to. > > mAineAc to mAineAc, I installed ntop from source. Fistly it required me a dep. hell called as gd-2.0.8. I downloaded and installed it right. after gd installed in my box, i installed ntop successfully. however, the /usr/local/var/ntop hasn't been created to. is there a ntop for slack-pkg? I am googling and even in www.linuxpackages.net with no success any idea? regards
Re: where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: Phill Edwards
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:43
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 09:43
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> I am after a net monitoring application so I can monitor all XP's nodes > on LAN. My wants is to know exactly how much data up/down monthly for > each node. Assume my server runs 24/7 but ppp0 (a dialup connection) > sometimes disconnects > ntop / darkstat ..is that good enough to monitor those i want? I thought ntop was an interactive tool to see what a node is doing _now_. It sounds like you want something that works in the background accumulating usage stats each month. Sounds like a job for something like MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) - http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ Regards, Phill
Re: where to find a net-monitor for dataflow in-out monthly
Author: mAineAc
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:52
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:52
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D. Phan wrote: > mAineAc wrote: > >> D. Phan wrote: >> >>> mAineAc wrote: >>> >>>> D. Phan wrote: >>>> >>>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Initializing gdbm databases >>>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 Now running as requested user 'nobody' >>>>> (99:99) >>>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 **FATAL_ERROR** ....open of >>>>> /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db failed: File open error >>>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 1. Is another instance of ntop running? >>>>> Wed Aug 4 14:11:20 2004 2. Make sure that the use you specified >>>>> can write in the target directory >>>>> --- >>>>> any idea? >>>>> thanks and regards >>>>> dphan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You can try 'chown nobody /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db' >>> >>> >>> >>> But after ntop was installed, the path >>> /usr/local/var/ntop/prefsCache.db was not existed! That is my wonder.. >>> >>>> it says, right in what you posted, that there is an owner or >>>> permission problem. >>>> >>>> mAineAc >> >> >> >> Did you receive any errors when installing? Did you read the INSTALL >> file that came with the source? Did you install this from source? Did >> you use a slackware package for this? If so did you have all the >> prerequisite programs installed? If the file doesn't exist then >> perhaps the directory couldn't be written to and you will have to >> 'chown -R nobody /usr/local/var/ntop' to change the ownership of the >> whole directory soit can be written to. >> >> mAineAc > > to mAineAc, > I installed ntop from source. Fistly it required me a dep. hell called > as gd-2.0.8. I downloaded and installed it right. after gd installed in > my box, i installed ntop successfully. however, the /usr/local/var/ntop > hasn't been created to. > is there a ntop for slack-pkg? I am googling and even in > www.linuxpackages.net with no success > any idea? > regards ok so you did a make install as root? you said that /usr/local/var/ntop was not created? And you made sure you had these libraries: gdchart, gd, libpng and libz? Did you create a limited user to use ntop? Are you using this command to start ntop '/usr/local/bin/ntop -u userid -P directory ...other parameters...'? Have you read the 1STRUN.TXT filefrom the doc directory in the source tree?
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