change -P param to point to a directory where user ntop can do anything
If you are using nprobe to generate/collect netflows you can use ntopng as 
visualisation console.
Yuri
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On 05 Aug 2014, at 08:39, isp a <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> i am using following packages on ubuntu 12.04 LTS server 64bit
> 
> ii  ntop                              3:4.1.0+dfsg1-1                   
> display network usage in web browser
> ii  ntop-data                         3:4.1.0+dfsg1-1                   
> display network usage in a web browser (data files)
> 
> 
> following are the permission 
> 
> drwxrwx--T  3 ntop ntop    4096 Jul 16 14:19 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 54 root root    4096 Jul 16 18:03 ../
> -rw-r-----  1 ntop ntop  225280 Aug  5 12:04 fingerprint.db
> -rw-r--r--  1 ntop ntop      30 Jul 16 14:13 init.cfg
> -rw-r-----  1 ntop ntop 1986634 Jul 10 17:26 macPrefix.db
> -rw-r-----  1 ntop ntop   12546 Jul 16 14:13 ntop_pw.db
> -rw-r-----  1 ntop ntop   14154 Aug  5 12:04 prefsCache.db
> drwxrwxr-x  5 ntop ntop    4096 Jul 16 14:21 rrd/
> 
> 
> following is the command 
> 
> ntop     27327     1  0 12:04 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/ntop -d -L -u ntop 
> -P /var/lib/ntop --access-log-file /var/log/ntop/access.log -i eth0 -p 
> /etc/ntop/protocol.list -O /var/log/ntop -n 0
> 
> following is the error i get when i enable plugin from front end.
> 
>  RRD: Welcome to the RRD plugin
> RRD: Mask for new directories is 0700
> RRD: Mask for new files is 0066
> THREADMGMT: RRD: Started thread (t140706737555200) for data collection
> THREADMGMT[t140706737555200]: RRD: Data collection thread starting [p27327]
> RRD: Shutting down, locking mutex (may block for a little while)
> RRD: Thanks for using the rrdPlugin
> RRD: Done
>  **ERROR** RRD: Disabled - unable to create base directory (err 13, (null))
> 
> Kindly help resolve the issue
> 
> Thanks
> 
> i would like to move to ntopng but i dont see any option to capture Netflow 
> option like i do in ntop plugins netflow.
> 
> Thanks Again
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Yuri Francalacci <[email protected]> wrote:
> is it ntop or ntopng? Ntop is in EOL, we suggest you to move to ntopng.
> However, it seems to depend on the configuration and the user you have used 
> to start ntop.
> Yuri
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> "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Leonardo da Vinci
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> 
> On 05 Aug 2014, at 08:12, isp a <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> HI List
>> 
>> i am running ntop on ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server.
>> when i click on plugin and describe and try to activate i get mutex lock 
>> error in syslog file.
>> 
>> following is the cut from syslog file.
>> 
>> RRD: Welcome to the RRD plugin
>> RRD: Welcome to the RRD plugin
>> RRD: Mask for new directories is 0700
>> RRD: Mask for new files is 0066
>> THREADMGMT: RRD: Started thread (t140012334962432) for data collection
>> THREADMGMT[t140012334962432]: RRD: Data collection thread starting [p23146]
>> RRD: Shutting down, locking mutex (may block for a little while)
>> RRD: Thanks for using the rrdPlugin
>> RRD: Done
>> **ERROR** RRD: Disabled - unable to create base directory (err 13, (null))
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> can anybody guide me on right direction or is it bug in ntop for ubuntu.
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