Hi Adam nprobe changes the user by default, please have a look at the help:
nprobe -h | grep user --dont-drop-privileges | Do not drop privileges changing to user nobody --unprivileged-user <name> | Use <name> instead of nobody when dropping privileges Alfredo On Jul 18, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Adam Stepanek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to do some experimentations with nProbe as part of my university > project but I'm failing to make nProbe dump the flows to the file. It starts > up (nprobe -i lo -P /root/nprobe -V 9), then I locally send some flow records > (through nfreplay - part of nfdump toolset) but when I try to quit the app > (CTRL+C), it fails to create a directory. It says "Permission denied", > however, I am working under root account so that can't be the case. At the > end, it says "Flow file XY is now available" but there's not such a file. > Here's the transcription: > > ... > 18/Jul/2013 15:42:10 [util.c:2586] WARNING: mkdir_p(/root/nprobe/2013): > [error=13/Permission denied] > 18/Jul/2013 15:42:10 [util.c:2586] WARNING: mkdir_p(/root/nprobe/2013/07): > [error=2/No such file or directory] > 18/Jul/2013 15:42:10 [util.c:2586] WARNING: mkdir_p(/root/nprobe/2013/07/18): > [error=2/No such file or directory] > 18/Jul/2013 15:42:10 [util.c:2594] WARNING: > mkdir_p(/root/nprobe/2013/07/18/15), error 2 No such file or directory > 18/Jul/2013 15:42:10 [engine.c:2688] WARNING: Unable to create file > '/root/nprobe/2013/07/18/15/42.flows.temp' [errno=2] > 18/Jul/2013 15:42:11 [engine.c:2523] Flow file > '/root/nprobe/2013/07/18/15/42.flows' is now available > … > > I also tried to use the option --dont-nest-dump-dirs without any difference. > Do you have any ideas what could be the issue here? Using nProbe > v.6.13.130715 and OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.4. > > Thank you. > > Adam > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc _______________________________________________ Ntop-misc mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc
