ntop admin user not created during install
Bug #355127 reported by
Andreas Olsson
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ntop (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ntop
For ntop to run it needs to have its admin user configured. This is not something which is prompted for during the install.
(Compare to the installation of mysql-server for example.)
Hence when /etc/init.d/ntop is automaticaly started, it fails, rather silently. Looking at syslog the following error message is found:
Apr 4 21:14:49 pc11067 ntop[4296]: **FATAL_ERROR** No password for admin user - please re-run ntop in non-daemon mode first
The simple workaround if of course to just run "sudo ntop" once. Then the ntop service works as expected. Yet, it would be nice to have some debconf magic during the installation.
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I assume you where using ntop 3.3. Actually the ntop password should have been asked during package installation, unless you were running in non-interactive mode and debconf was not able to ask the password.
However, in the the Debian upload 4.0.3+dfgs1-2 this problem will be fixed. I'll ask for a sync to natty.
Thanks for taking the time to report the issue.