[root@violetta ~]# cat /etc/ntop.conf

# tells ntop the user id to run as

--user ntop



#save messages into the system log

--use-syslog=daemon



# sets the directory that ntop runs from

--db-file-path /var/lib/ntop



# the amount and severity of messages that ntop will put out

--trace-level 3



# limit ntop to listening on a specific interface and port

--http-server 127.0.0.1:3000 --https-server 192.168.3.27:3001



# disables "phone home" behavior

--skip-version-check=yes



[root@violetta ~]# netstat -nlp | grep 300

tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3000              0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      3363/ntop           

tcp        0      0 192.168.3.27:3001           0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      3363/ntop           

[root@violetta ~]# 

Tony Ellis wrote:

Drew, It is a few years since I installed ntop - so am not familiar with any present problems
and no longer use it, though if I have time will give it a go...

However, another program you might like to consider is vnStat and a php frontend that will
integrate with the web-server.

Instructions are at "http://danda.poweredbyclear.com/master-frame-vnstat.html"

Examples of output can be found by clinking on "Click here" for the systems in the left-hand
frame and then clicking on "vnStat with vnStat PHP frontend"

...

# Source function library.

. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions



# Path to the ntop program

prog=ntop

ntop=/usr/sbin/$prog

#pidfile=/var/run/$prog.pid

pidfile=/var/lib/$prog/$prog.pid

config=/etc/ntop.conf





start() {

...