Bug 45305

Summary:	RFE: arpwatch to default to dropping root
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Raw Hide	Reporter:	Pekka Savola <pekkas>
Component:	tcpdump	Assignee:	Harald Hoyer <harald>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	1.0	Keywords:	FutureFeature
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Description Pekka Savola 2001-06-21 10:06:47 UTC

Default /etc/sysconfig/arpwatch should be created, which would cause
arpwatch to
relinquish root privileges when run in the default installation.

'arpwatch' or something more generic, like 'tcpdump' or 'pcap' uid/gid
should be 
reserved for this (tcpdump, when used for monitoring can also drop privs,
ethereal?, ...)

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2001-07-19 13:05:53 UTC

created default /etc/sysconfig/arpwatch with OPTIONS="-u daemon"

Comment 2 Pekka Savola 2001-07-19 13:08:49 UTC

Please note that /var/arpwatch must also be made owned by the same uid, and (at
least some)
files there too.