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File ntop-fix-manpage-errors.patch of Package ntop
# Description: fix typos and syntax errors in ntop.8 manpage. # Author: A. Costa <agcosta@gis.net>, Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>, # Jordan Metzmeier <jordan@linuxgen.com>, Ludovico Cavedon <cavedon@debian.org> Index: ntop.8 =================================================================== --- ntop.8.orig 2010-12-09 23:24:13.178708050 -0800 +++ ntop.8 2010-12-09 23:28:55.282772180 -0800 @@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ given: --trace-level 2 --trace-level 3 will run as --trace-level 3. Beginning with -.b ntop +.B ntop 3.1, many command-line options may also be set via the web browser interface. These changes take effect on the next run of -.b ntop +.B ntop and on each subsequent run until changed. @@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ This parameter causes .B ntop to create a dump file of the 'other' network traffic captured. -One file is created for each network interface where -'other' packets are found. The file is in tcpdump (pcap) format and is named +One file is created for each network interface where 'other' +packets are found. The file is in tcpdump (pcap) format and is named <path>/ntop-other-pkts.<device>.pcap, where <path> is defined by the -O | --output-packet-path parameter. -This file is useful for understanding these unclassifed packets. +This file is useful for understanding these unclassified packets. .It2 -l --pcap-log This parameter causes a dump file to be created of the network traffic captured by @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ .B ntop by the -f | --traffic-dump-file parameter. The dump is made after processing any filter expression ( -.b ntop +.B ntop never even sees filtered packets). The output file will be named @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ .It2 -s --no-promiscuous Use this parameter to prevent -.b ntop +.B ntop from setting the interface(s) into promiscuous mode. An interface in promiscuous mode will accept ALL Ethernet frames, regardless of @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ merges the data collected from all of the interfaces (NICs) it is monitoring into a single set of counters. -If you have a simple network, say a small LAN with a connection to the internet, +If you have a simple network, say a small LAN with a connection to the Internet, merging data is good as it gives you a better picture of the whole network. For larger, more complex networks, this may not be desirable. You may also have other reasons for wishing to monitor each interface separately, @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ stores extra information about the locks and unlocks of the protective mutexes it uses. Since .B ntop uses fine-grained locking, this information is updated frequently. On some OSes, the system -calls used to collect this informatio (getpid() and gettimeofday()) are expensive. This option +calls used to collect this information (getpid() and gettimeofday()) are expensive. This option disables the extra information. It should have no processing impact on .B ntop - however should @@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ If present, a file of the form <instance>_ntop_logo.gif will be used instead of the normal ntop_logo.gif. This is tested for ONLY once, at the beginning of the -.b ntop +.B ntop run. The EXACT word(s) of the --instance flag are used, without testing if they make a proper file name. If - for any reason - the file is not found, an informational message is logged and the normal logo file is used. To construct your own logo, make it a 300x40 @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ uses the dladdr() function. The original Solaris routine had a bug, replicated in FreeBSD (and possibly other places) where it uses the ARGV[0] value - which might be erroneous - instead of the actual file name. If the 'running from' value looks bogus but -the 'libaries in' value looks ok, go with the libarary. +the 'libraries in' value looks OK, go with the library. .It --no-fc @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ P3P is a W3C recommendation - http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P/ - for specifying personal information a site collects and what it does with the information. These parameters allow -.b ntop +.B ntop to return P3P information. We do not supply samples. .It --pcap_setnonblock @@ -989,12 +989,12 @@ This option sets the non-blocking option (assuming it's available in the version of libpcap that is installed). -While this works around the problem (by turing an interupt driven process into -a poll), it also MAY signifcantly increases the cpu usage of +While this works around the problem (by turning an interrupt driven process into +a poll), it also MAY significantly increase the CPU usage of .B ntop. Although it does not actually interfere with other work, seeing .B ntop -use 80-90% or more of the cpu is not uncommon - don't say we didn't warn you. +use 80-90% or more of the CPU is not uncommon - don't say we didn't warn you. .B THIS OPTION IS OFFICIALLY UNSUPPORTED and used at your own risk. Read the docs/FAQ write-up. @@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ .It --ssl-watchdog Enable a watchdog for -.b ntop +.B ntop webserver hangs. These usually happen when connecting with older browsers. The user gets nothing back and other users can't connect. Internally, packet processing continues but there is no way to access the data through the web server or shutdown ntop cleanly. @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ which flags are being used. The libpcap, gdbm, openssl and zlib versions come from the strings returned by the various -inquiry functions (if they're availabe). +inquiry functions (if they're available). Here's a sample log record:
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