Mailing List Archive: -w mode is disabled for security reasons???

-w mode is disabled for security reasons???

May 22, 2001, 11:28 AM

Post #1 of 3 (1044 views)

Hello,

I am new to both FreeBSD and ntop but trying so please bear with me. I have
installed ntop on my FreeBSD 4.3-release machine from the ports collection.
Download, compiliation, and installed seemed to proceed without problems. I
can run ntop as root from the command line. However when I try to give it
the -w switch (with a port number) I get the error message:

#ntop -w 3000
-w mode is disabled for security reasons.

There is a .ntop file in root's home directory.

Any ideas, pointers, etc would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Alan Bryan

Re: -w mode is disabled for security reasons??? [ In reply to ]

signout at signout

May 22, 2001, 12:18 PM

Post #2 of 3 (1034 views)

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> I am new to both FreeBSD and ntop but trying so please bear with me. I
have
> installed ntop on my FreeBSD 4.3-release machine from the ports
collection.
> Download, compiliation, and installed seemed to proceed without problems.
I
> can run ntop as root from the command line. However when I try to give it
> the -w switch (with a port number) I get the error message:
>
> #ntop -w 3000
> -w mode is disabled for security reasons.

remove ntop again, and install it from source. Then it will work like a
charm.

... Dennis

Re: -w mode is disabled for security reasons??? [ In reply to ]

nicolai at petri

May 22, 2001, 9:19 PM

Post #3 of 3 (1024 views)

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Hi, Alan,

The port in FreeBSD is old and broken. Uninstall and download, compile and
install the newest beta from http://www.ntop.org

---
Nicolai Petri

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Bryan" <abryan@upgradebase.com>
To: <ntop@unipi.it>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:28 AM
Subject: [Ntop] -w mode is disabled for security reasons???

> Hello,
>
> I am new to both FreeBSD and ntop but trying so please bear with me. I
have
> installed ntop on my FreeBSD 4.3-release machine from the ports
collection.
> Download, compiliation, and installed seemed to proceed without problems.
I
> can run ntop as root from the command line. However when I try to give it
> the -w switch (with a port number) I get the error message:
>
> #ntop -w 3000
> -w mode is disabled for security reasons.
>
> There is a .ntop file in root's home directory.
>
> Any ideas, pointers, etc would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan Bryan
>
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