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Diffstat (limited to 'network/arpwatch/patches/arpwatch-drop-man.patch')
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1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/network/arpwatch/patches/arpwatch-drop-man.patch b/network/arpwatch/patches/arpwatch-drop-man.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f183b2164e --- /dev/null +++ b/network/arpwatch/patches/arpwatch-drop-man.patch @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- arpwatch.8.orig Sun Oct 8 23:31:28 2000 ++++ arpwatch.8 Mon Oct 16 16:46:19 2000 +@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@ + .I interface + ] + .br +-.ti +8 ++.ti +9 + [ + .B -n + .IR net [/ width + ]] [ + .B -r + .I file ++] [ ++.B -u ++.I username + ] + .ad + .SH DESCRIPTION +@@ -94,10 +97,26 @@ + .B arpwatch + does not fork. + .LP ++If ++.B -u ++flag is used, ++.B arpwatch ++drops root privileges and changes user ID to ++.I username ++and group ID to that of the primary group of ++.IR username . ++This is recommended for security reasons. ++.LP + Note that an empty + .I arp.dat + file must be created before the first time you run +-.BR arpwatch . ++.BR arpwatch . ++Also, the default directory (where arp.dat is stored) must be owned ++by ++.I username ++if ++.BR -u ++flag is used. + .LP + .SH "REPORT MESSAGES" + Here's a quick list of the report messages generated by |