Information about the package, ntop, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ntop package is designed for, A network traffic probe similar to the UNIX top command.
Package Name:
ntop
Summary:
A network traffic probe similar to the UNIX top command
URL:
Description:
ntop is a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does. ntop is based on libpcap and it has been written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform and on Win32 as well. ntop users can use a a web browser (e.g. netscape) to navigate through ntop (that acts as a web server) traffic information and get a dump of the network status. In the latter case, ntop can be seen as a simple RMON-like agent with an embedded web interface. The use of: * a web interface * limited configuration and administration via the web interface * reduced CPU and memory usage (they vary according to network size and traffic) make ntop easy to use and suitable for monitoring various kind of networks. ntop should be manually started the first time so that the administrator password can be selected.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.0
Release:
5.el6
Size:
12 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and BSD with advertising
Control the ntop package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ntop
This command will install ntop on the server.
yum remove ntop
This command will un-install ntop on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ntop
This command will un-install ntop on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ntop when using the -y flag.
yum update ntop
This command will update ntop to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntop, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ntop
This command will update ntop to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ntop when using the -y flag.
yum info ntop
This command will show you core information about the ntop package.
yum deplist ntop
This command will show you the dependencies for ntop. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ntop
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ntop. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.