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Hi Smokeping-users<br>
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I am new to Linux. I use Ubuntu 17.10.<br>
First I downloaded and extracted the smokeping-2.7.1.tar.gz archive
and extracted it and tried to find something to run directly without
luck.<br>
Then I opened Terminal and, in short, I did this: <br>
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<pre class="western"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> sudo apt install smokeping</pre>
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<pre class="western"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> smokeping
Note: logging to syslog as local0/info.
Daemonizing /usr/sbin/smokeping ...
creating /var/run/smokeping/smokeping.pid: Permission denied
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> smokeping --check
Configuration file '/etc/smokeping/config' syntax OK.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> smokeping
Note: logging to syslog as local0/info.
Daemonizing /usr/sbin/smokeping ...
creating /var/run/smokeping/smokeping.pid: Permission denied</pre>
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As you can see I got a "Permission denied". <br>
I want to monitor my ISP because at arbitrary times both Ubuntu and
Windows can't seem to connect to the Internet.<br>
So what do I do now? <br>
<br>
Here is a full copy of the Terminal session: <br>
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<pre class="western">henrik@Henrik-L570:~$ ls
Desktop examples.desktop Pictures snap
Documents Exodus-linux-x64 Public Templates
Downloads Music smokeping-2.7.1 Videos
henrik@Henrik-L570:~$ cd smokping-2.7.1
bash: cd: smokping-2.7.1: No such file or directory
henrik@Henrik-L570:~$ cd smokeping-2.7.1
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> smokeping
The program 'smokeping' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install smokeping
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> sudo apt install smokeping
[sudo] password for henrik:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils echoping fping libapr1
libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libconfig-grammar-perl
libdbi1 libjs-cropper libjs-prototype libjs-scriptaculous librrd8
librrds-perl libsnmp-session-perl postfix
Suggested packages:
apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom procmail
postfix-mysql postfix-pgsql postfix-ldap postfix-pcre postfix-lmdb
postfix-sqlite sasl2-bin dovecot-common resolvconf postfix-cdb postfix-doc
curl libauthen-radius-perl libnet-ldap-perl libnet-telnet-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils echoping fping libapr1
libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libconfig-grammar-perl
libdbi1 libjs-cropper libjs-prototype libjs-scriptaculous librrd8
librrds-perl libsnmp-session-perl postfix smokeping
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Adding group `postfix' (GID 130) ...
Done.
Adding system user `postfix' (UID 123) ...
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Not creating home directory `/var/spool/postfix'.
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Done.
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cp /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.debian /etc/postfix/main.cf
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needed. To view Postfix configuration values, see postconf(1).
After modifying main.cf, be sure to run 'service postfix reload'.
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Adding system user `smokeping' (UID 124) ...
Adding new group `smokeping' (GID 132) ...
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Not creating home directory `/var/lib/smokeping'.
Package apache2 is not configured yet. Will defer actions by package smokeping.
Setting up apache2 (2.4.27-2ubuntu3) ...
Enabling module mpm_event.
Enabling module authz_core.
Enabling module authz_host.
Enabling module authn_core.
Enabling module auth_basic.
Enabling module access_compat.
Enabling module authn_file.
Enabling module authz_user.
Enabling module alias.
Enabling module dir.
Enabling module autoindex.
Enabling module env.
Enabling module mime.
Enabling module negotiation.
Enabling module setenvif.
Enabling module filter.
Enabling module deflate.
Enabling module status.
Enabling module reqtimeout.
Enabling conf charset.
Enabling conf localized-error-pages.
Enabling conf other-vhosts-access-log.
Enabling conf security.
Enabling conf serve-cgi-bin.
Enabling site 000-default.
info: Executing deferred 'a2enmod cgi' for package smokeping
Your MPM seems to be threaded. Selecting cgid instead of cgi.
Enabling module cgid.
info: Executing deferred 'a2enconf smokeping' for package smokeping
Enabling conf smokeping.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/apache2.service → /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> smokeping
Note: logging to syslog as local0/info.
Daemonizing /usr/sbin/smokeping ...
creating /var/run/smokeping/smokeping.pid: Permission denied
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> smokeping --check
Configuration file '/etc/smokeping/config' syntax OK.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a> smokeping
Note: logging to syslog as local0/info.
Daemonizing /usr/sbin/smokeping ...
creating /var/run/smokeping/smokeping.pid: Permission denied
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$">henrik@Henrik-L570:~/smokeping-2.7.1$</a>
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Best regards,<br>
Henrik Rosenø<br>
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Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.Transformation.DK">www.Transformation.DK</a>
Spiritual, psychological, ethical, and political subjects.
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