Before running the ntopng.SlackBuild script, you will need to create the 'ntop' user and group. The script won't run if these do not exist. The suggested UID and GID is 212, but you can change this as needed: groupadd -g 212 ntop useradd -u 212 -g ntop -d /var/lib/ntopng -s /usr/bin/bash ntop Edit the $INTERFACE variable in rc.ntopng with the name of the one you want ntopng to listen on. If you want to start ntopng on system bootup, include these lines in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local: # Start ntopng if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntopng ]; then echo "Starting ntpong server..." /etc/rc.d/rc.ntopng start fi *IMPORTANT*: the redis server must be started *before* ntopng so do the same for rc.redis To guarantee a clean shutdown of ntopng, include this in /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown: # Stop ntopng if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntopng ]; then echo "Stopping ntopng server..." /etc/rc.d/rc.ntopng stop fi (and do the same for rc.redis accordingly) 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.ntopng After starting the ntop web interface will be reachable on port 3000.