[afnog] i can't find default configuration file for ntop-3.3.7after installation

Mukom TAMON mukom.tamon at gmail.com
Thu Jan 21 06:00:40 UTC 2010


Ntop doesn't have a default configuration file. For details on how to
proceed, please check the ntop Guide here http://techowto.wordpress.com




On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Dick Elleray at AfriConnect <
delleray at africonnect.com> wrote:

>  teklay
>
> Good day to you...you would normally initiate first time it from a command
> line prompt (since you need to manually offer the admin password)
>
>
> "When ntop is installed at the first time, you MUST set the administration
> password for ntop (user 'admin'). You do that by running ntop with the option
> -A (or --set-admin-password) as root.
>
> # ntop --set-admin-password
>
> It will prompt you for the password and then exit. Now start the ntop
> daemon.
>
> # /etc/init.d/ntop start
>
> Note that you can not run ntop as a user as it need full access to the
> devices and only root have such access. After it has got that access it
> will change user to ntop or whatever you have configured it to. You have
> to make sure that the user have access files in /var/lib/ntop. This is
> normally fixed by the installation script but it may fail.
>
> Ntop will be started at every reboot when the admin password has been set."
>
>
> Once it's started then you can configure it using the web interface.
>
> i normally move it to non 3000/3001 unless you have a strong firewall and
> also run ssl mode (remember to open that/those ports)
>
> dick elleray
> systems director
> africonnect
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* afnog-bounces at afnog.org [mailto:afnog-bounces at afnog.org] *On
> Behalf Of *teklay gebremichael
> *Sent:* 20 January 2010 16:00
> *To:* afnog
> *Subject:* [afnog] i can't find defualt configuration file for
> ntop-3.3.7after installation
>
>   hello
> i installed ntop-3.3.7 on Debian 5.0.
> but i can't find defualt configuration file to begin with.
> can any body help me how to proceed?
> thanks
> Teklay
>
>
>
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