I don't know why I haven't signed up for this list before since we use
CentOS all over the place. The list is very useful and it is good for
me to participate and "give back" to the community.
Anywho, I wanted to post this response to a thread that was created back
in November 2008 about the ntop daemon failing to start. I'm currently
setting up ntop as a NetFlow & SFlow collector and came across the
issue. A quick refresher, the init script for ntop has an issue where
it can't parse the ntop.conf file correctly if switches are entered
before the "@/etc/ntop.conf". The suggested work around was to move
the
"-d -L" switches from in front of the "@/etc/ntop.conf" and
put them
behind it. This is definitely the fix. There is a caveat to that and I
haven't found anyone that has mentioned it so I thought I would.
According to the documentation, if you add the switches after the
"@/etc/ntop.conf" those will override the configurations in the
ntop.conf file. While this isn't an issue with the "-d" option,
if you
decide to use a custom syslog level and add it to the conf file, the
"-L" switch after the conf file will override your custom log
facility.
In my init file I left the "-d" but removed the "-L"
expecting me to put
my own syslog entry in the conf file.
____________________________
Matt Ausmus
Network Administrator
Chapman University
635 West Palm Street
Orange, CA 92868
(714)628-2738
mausmus at chapman.edu <mailto:mausmus at chapman.edu>
"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he
will pick himself up and continue on."
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On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Ausmus, Matt wrote:> Anywho, I wanted to post this response to a thread that was created > back in November 2008 about the ntop daemon failing to start. I?m > currently setting up ntop as a NetFlow & SFlow collector and came > across the issue. A quick refresher, the init script for ntop has > an issue where it can?t parse the ntop.conf file correctly if > switches are entered before the ?@/etc/ntop.conf?. The suggested > work around was to move the ?-d ?L? switches from in front of the ?@/ > etc/ntop.conf? and put them behind it. This is definitely the fix. > There is a caveat to that and I haven?t found anyone that has > mentioned it so I thought I would. According to the documentation, > if you add the switches after the ?@/etc/ntop.conf? those will > override the configurations in the ntop.conf file. While this isn?t > an issue with the ?-d? option, if you decide to use a custom syslog > level and add it to the conf file, the ?-L? switch after the conf > file will override your custom log facility. In my init file I left > the ?-d? but removed the ?-L? expecting me to put my own syslog > entry in the conf file.thanks for the report! the appropriate place to report such issues is the RPMforge users' list, <users at lists.rpmforge.net>. i've committed a fix; once the package is rebuilt, it should appear in the repository. -steve -- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v http://five.sentenc.es -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 195 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091210/5c6682eb/attachment.sig>
Thanks Steve for the heads up on the proper place to post this and that you've already submitted a fix. I just responded back to the list because this was the original posting place and wanted to make sure anyone else performing this fix until your patch goes through doesn't fall into the trap of putting the switches after the ntop.conf file. ____________________________ Matt Ausmus Network Administrator Chapman University 635 West Palm Street Orange, CA 92868 (714)628-2738 mausmus at chapman.edu "You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, you've got something." -HARTLEY'S FIRST LAW -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of centos-request at centos.org Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:00 AM To: centos at centos.org Subject: CentOS Digest, Vol 59, Issue 11 Message: 24 Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:00:54 -0500 From: Steve Huff <shuff at vecna.org> Subject: Re: [CentOS] ntop from rpmforge To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Message-ID: <A0BA4C1D-A27C-475A-8489-54E009FABE44 at vecna.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" On Dec 10, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Ausmus, Matt wrote:> Anywho, I wanted to post this response to a thread that was created > back in November 2008 about the ntop daemon failing to start. I?m > currently setting up ntop as a NetFlow & SFlow collector and came > across the issue. A quick refresher, the init script for ntop has > an issue where it can?t parse the ntop.conf file correctly if > switches are entered before the ?@/etc/ntop.conf?. The suggested > work around was to move the ?-d ?L? switches from in front of the ?@/ > etc/ntop.conf? and put them behind it. This is definitely the fix. > There is a caveat to that and I haven?t found anyone that has > mentioned it so I thought I would. According to the documentation, > if you add the switches after the ?@/etc/ntop.conf? those will > override the configurations in the ntop.conf file. While this isn?t > an issue with the ?-d? option, if you decide to use a custom syslog > level and add it to the conf file, the ?-L? switch after the conf > file will override your custom log facility. In my init file I left > the ?-d? but removed the ?-L? expecting me to put my own syslog > entry in the conf file.thanks for the report! the appropriate place to report such issues is the RPMforge users' list, <users at lists.rpmforge.net>. i've committed a fix; once the package is rebuilt, it should appear in the repository. -steve -- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v http://five.sentenc.es -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 195 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091210/5c6682eb/attac hment-0001.bin ***