NTOP

[Márcio Luciano Donada]

Hi list,
I installed ntop using the ports to monitor a bridge interface, but when
you start the process of ntop have the following message:

Fri Oct  9 14:31:08 2009  NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Initializing gdbm databases
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  ntop will be started as user nobody
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  ntop v.3.3.10
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Configured on Oct  3 2009  0:54:35, built on
Oct  3 2009 00:57:43.
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Copyright 1998-2009 by Luca Deri <deri at ntop.org>
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  NOTE: ntop is running from '/usr/local/bin'
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the
--instance parameter)
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/local/lib'
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Initializing ntop
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  No patterns to load: protocol guessing disabled.
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Checking bridge0 for additional devices
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Resetting traffic statistics for device bridge0
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Initializing device bridge0 (0)
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  DLT: Device 0 [bridge0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Initializing gdbm databases
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  VENDOR: Loading MAC address table.
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  VENDOR: File
'/usr/local/etc/ntop/specialMAC.txt.gz' does not need to be reloaded
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  VENDOR: Checking for MAC address table file
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  VENDOR: File '/usr/local/etc/ntop/oui.txt.gz'
does not need to be reloaded
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  VENDOR: ntop continues ok
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Fingerprint: Loading signature file
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  Fingerprint: Checking for Fingerprint file... file
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  **WARNING** Fingerprint: Unable to open file
'etter.finger.os'
Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  INIT: Parent process is exiting (this is normal)
bridge# Fri Oct  9 14:31:09 2009  INIT: Bye bye: I'm becoming a daemon...
[warn] kevent: Bad file descriptor


ntop falls out after 20 seconds.
# uname -a
FreeBSD bridge.xxxxx.com.br 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #0: Thu Oct  8
11:22:36 BRT 2009
marcio at bridge.xxxxxx.com.br:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/BRIDGE  i386


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Márcio Luciano Donada <mdonada at auroraalimentos dot com dot br>
Aurora Alimentos - Cooperativa Central Oeste Catarinense
Departamento de T.I.