Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:48:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Sameh Ghane <sw@anthologeek.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/31289: ntop man page does not inform about option -w disabled by FreeBSD's patch Message-ID: <20011015154840.113D02A8E4@shaolin.profile4u.com>
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>Number: 31289 >Category: docs >Synopsis: ntop man page does not inform about option -w disabled by FreeBSD's patch >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 15 08:50:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sameh Ghane >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: dummy >Environment: System: FreeBSD shaolin.profile4u.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #8: Thu Oct 11 13:47:05 CEST 2001 root@shaolin.profile4u.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SURIMI i386 >Description: A patch in the port tree disables ntop's -w option. Unfortunately it is a weird behaviour for people that don't know about this patch. I propose to add a simple line into ntop's man page. >How-To-Repeat: Install /usr/ports/net/ntop # ntop -w 8080 -w mode is disabled for security reasons. >Fix: Add a patch in the port tree, for: --- ntop.8.orig Mon Oct 15 17:38:31 2001 +++ ntop.8 Mon Oct 15 17:43:48 2001 @@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ Please note that an HTTP server is NOT needed in order to use the program in interactive mode. . +For security reasons, this option has been deactivated in port's version of ntop. +. .It -d This flag (it has to be used with -w) causes ntop to become a daemon, i.e. it is started in background and detached from the terminal. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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