Description of problem: Although arp.dat is owned by arpwatch the /var/lib/arpwatch directory is owned by root, and as arpwatch now seems to update the database by creating a new file and then renaming the directory ownership needs to change. As it stands the arpwatch just keeps logging errors: Jan 17 11:29:10 bristol arpwatch: creat(arp.dat.new): Permission denied Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): arpwatch-2.1a15-25.fc18.x86_64
arpwatch-2.1a15-26.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/arpwatch-2.1a15-26.fc18
Package arpwatch-2.1a15-26.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing arpwatch-2.1a15-26.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-1037/arpwatch-2.1a15-26.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
arpwatch-2.1a15-26.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.