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1 | --- arpwatch.8.orig Sun Oct 8 23:31:28 2000 |
| 2 | +++ arpwatch.8 Mon Oct 16 16:46:19 2000 | |
| 3 | @@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ | |
| 4 | .I interface | |
| 5 | ] | |
| 6 | .br | |
| 7 | -.ti +8 | |
| 8 | +.ti +9 | |
| 9 | [ | |
| 10 | .B -n | |
| 11 | .IR net [/ width | |
| 12 | ]] [ | |
| 13 | .B -r | |
| 14 | .I file | |
| 15 | +] [ | |
| 16 | +.B -u | |
| 17 | +.I username | |
| 18 | ] | |
| 19 | .ad | |
| 20 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 21 | @@ -94,10 +97,26 @@ | |
| 22 | .B arpwatch | |
| 23 | does not fork. | |
| 24 | .LP | |
| 25 | +If | |
| 26 | +.B -u | |
| 27 | +flag is used, | |
| 28 | +.B arpwatch | |
| 29 | +drops root privileges and changes user ID to | |
| 30 | +.I username | |
| 31 | +and group ID to that of the primary group of | |
| 32 | +.IR username . | |
| 33 | +This is recommended for security reasons. | |
| 34 | +.LP | |
| 35 | Note that an empty | |
| 36 | .I arp.dat | |
| 37 | file must be created before the first time you run | |
| 38 | -.BR arpwatch . | |
| 39 | +.BR arpwatch . | |
| 40 | +Also, the default directory (where arp.dat is stored) must be owned | |
| 41 | +by | |
| 42 | +.I username | |
| 43 | +if | |
| 44 | +.BR -u | |
| 45 | +flag is used. | |
| 46 | .LP | |
| 47 | .SH "REPORT MESSAGES" | |
| 48 | Here's a quick list of the report messages generated by |