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Subject: docs/31289: ntop man page does not inform about option -w disabled by FreeBSD's patch
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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:

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