#42914: ntop @5.0.1_2 doesn't create ntop user, causes launchd task to always fail ------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: macports@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.2.1 Keywords: | Port: ntop ------------------------+-------------------------------- A standard install of ntop doesn't create the system ntop user. The result is that the standard launchd plist doesn't launch, with the following error in the logs: {{{ 2014-03-18 14:40:35.698 com.apple.launchd[1]: (org.macports.ntop) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds 2014-03-18 14:40:45.734 ntop[51296]: THREADMGMT[t140735158080272]: ntop RUNSTATE: PREINIT(1) 2014-03-18 14:40:45.734 ntop[51296]: THREADMGMT[t140735158080272]: ntop RUNSTATE: INIT(2) }}} Attempting to run the command defined in the plist file the following happens: {{{ $ sudo /opt/local/bin/daemondo --label=ntop --start-cmd /opt/local/bin/ntop @/opt/local/etc/ntop/ntop.conf --pid=exec Processing file /opt/local/etc/ntop/ntop.conf for parameters... FATAL ERROR: Unknown user ntop. }}} The expected behavior is for the ntop system user to be created during installation. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/42914> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X