From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 04:02:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFC3C16A41F for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 04:02:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.182.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4181443D45 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 04:02:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.77]) by relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4C33652E6 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 04:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.164]) by filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.77]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01537-11-30 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 04:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (67-51-143-222.dsl1.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [67.51.143.222]) by relay01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EDF0364627 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 04:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (unknown [192.168.1.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CC8AE99B for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:02:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43BDEBCB.9060000@mykitchentable.net> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:02:19 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.3.2 (20050629) at filter10.roc.ny.frontiernet.net Subject: What User Runs Startup Scripts? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 04:02:23 -0000 I'm trying to figure out why the ntop.sh startup script that is installed from ports fails to start ntop successfully at boot up but works fine when I call it after boot up from root login. I've included the complete console output. The actual "FATAL ERROR" is "Not root, ntop shutting down...". OK, why isn't ntop root? I thought startup scripts were called as "root"? Suggestions? Thanks, Drew --- BEGIN --- Starting ntop. Jan 5 19:51:30 blacksheep ntop[611]: THREADMGMT[t134615040]: ntop RUNSTATE: PREINIT(1) Jan 5 19:51:30 blacksheep ntop[611]: THREADMGMT[t134615040]: ntop RUNSTATE: INIT(2) Processing file /usr/local/etc/ntop/config for parameters... Thu Jan 5 19:51:30 2006 NOTE: Interface merge enabled by default Thu Jan 5 19:51:31 2006 Initializing gdbm databases WARNING: --use-syslog=unknown log facility(''), using default value Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: ntop v.3.2 SourceForge .tgz Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Configured on Dec 20 2005 16:01:25, built on Dec 20 2005 16:05:54. Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Copyright 1998-2005 by Luca Deri Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Get the freshest ntop from http://www.ntop.org/ Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: NOTE: ntop is running from '/usr/local/bin' Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: NOTE: (but see warning on man page for the --instance parameter) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: NOTE: ntop libraries are in '/usr/local/lib' Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Initializing ntop Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Checking dc0 for additional devices Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Resetting traffic statistics for device dc0 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: DLT: Device 0 [dc0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Checking dc1 for additional devices Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Resetting traffic statistics for device dc1 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: DLT: Device 1 [dc1] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Checking rl0 for additional devices Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Resetting traffic statistics for device rl0 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: DLT: Device 2 [rl0] is 1, mtu 1514, header 14 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: **ERROR** pcap_open_live(): 'BIOCSETIF: tun0: Device not configured' Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: Please correct the problem or select a different interface using the -i flag Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: **FATAL_ERROR** Not root, ntop shutting down... Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP[t134615040]: ntop caught signal 2 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: THREADMGMT[t134615040]: ntop RUNSTATE: SHUTDOWN(7) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP[t134615040] catching thread is MAIN Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Running threads Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Locking purge mutex (may block for a little while) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Locked purge mutex, continuing shutdown Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Continues Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: Start, 1 device(s) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: End, freed 0 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: Start, 1 device(s) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: End, freed 0 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: Start, 1 device(s) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: End, freed 0 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: Start, 1 device(s) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: FREE_HOST: End, freed 0 Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: PLUGIN_TERM: Unloading plugins (if any) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Freeing device dc0 (idx=0) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Freeing device dc1 (idx=1) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Freeing device rl0 (idx=2) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Freeing device tun0 (idx=3) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: CLEANUP: Clean up complete Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: THREADMGMT[t134615040]: ntop RUNSTATE: TERM(8) Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: =================================== Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: ntop is shutdown... Jan 5 19:51:31 blacksheep ntop[611]: ===================================