Burton,
I've committed some code thata llows you to specify "-w 0 -W 0" so you
can run ntop with no GUI.

Cheers, Luca

"Burton M. Strauss III" wrote:
> 
> From main.c:
> 
>   /*
>    * check for valid parameters
>    */
>   if(myGlobals.webPort == 0) {
> #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
>     if(myGlobals.sslPort == 0) {
>       printf("FATAL ERROR: both -W and -w can't be set to 0.\n");
>       exit(-1);
>     }
> #else
>     printf("FATAL ERROR: -w can't be set to 0.\n");
>     exit(-1);
> #endif
> 
> Basic answer: NO, it's not valid in normal ntop.  You must have either -W
> or -w set.
> 
> Advanced answer: NO, it's not valid.  You must have either -W or -w set.
> 
> However, check the --enable-micro-ntop flag in configure.  I haven't tried
> it, and so I don't know if it works, but the coding (#ifdef MICRO_NTOP) is
> supposed to leave just a data collector in place. IIRC it still has a web
> interface, but only shows minimal data such as configuration.
> 
> -----Burton
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Christian Hammers
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:40 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Ntop-dev] is "-w 0" valid or not?
> 
> Hello
> 
> ntop[5894]: FATAL ERROR: -w can't be set to 0.
> 
> According to the man page '0' should disable the web interface. I likt to
> do this as I use ntop only as netflow exporter and do not need anything
> else.
> 
> bye,
> 
> -christian-
> 
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