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+ntop is a network probe that shows network usage in a way similar to 
+what top does for processes. In interactive mode, it displays the 
+network status on the user's terminal. In Web mode, it acts as a Web 
+server, creating an HTML dump of the network status. 
+
+It sports a NetFlow/sFlow emitter/collector, an HTTP-based client 
+interface for creating ntop-centric monitoring applications, and 
+RRD for persistently storing traffic statistics.
+
+ntop requires rrdtool, which is also available at Slackbuilds.org.
+
+ntop needs to run under its own user/group. This has been assigned to
+the following by SlackBuilds.org, but feel free to change it on your
+system for consistency with local assignments.
+  User:   ntop            UID: 212        GID: 212
+  group:  ntop                            GID: 212
+
+If you want to change that, you'll need to change the script and 
+the rc.ntop to reflect your changes.
+
+Logs are placed in /var/log/ntop/ and will be rotated every week. The
+log rotation will restart the ntop server which will reset the ntop
+statistics. If you want to keep the statistics you have to edit or delete
+the /etc/logrotate.d/ntop file.
+
+If you want to start ntop on system bootup:
+
+/etc/rc.d/rc.local
+==================
+    # Startup ntop
+    if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntop ]; then
+        /etc/rc.d/rc.ntop start
+    fi
+
+/etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown
+===========================
+    # Stop ntop
+    if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntop ]; then
+        /etc/rc.d/rc.ntop stop
+    fi
+
+Additionally, you'll have to set the rc script to be executable just
+like any other Slackware rc script.
+    # chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntop
+
+When ntop is installed at the first time, you MUST set the 
+administration password for ntop (user 'admin'). You do that 
+by running ntop with the option -A (or --set-admin-password) as root.
+    # /usr/bin/ntop -P <ntop_homedirectory> -u <ntopuser> -A
+  For example:
+    # /usr/bin/ntop -P /var/lib/ntop -u ntop -A
+It will prompt you for the password and then exit. 
+
+Running ntop:
+Once ntop has started and configured correctly, you should be able to look 
+at all the data it's collected by pointing your browser at:
+    http://localhost:3000/