171989 2007-03-24 00:49 0000 =net-analyzer/arpwatch-2.1.15-r3 privilege/ownership issue 2007-03-28 08:14:17 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 wschlich@gentoo.org pva@gentoo.org netmon@gentoo.org wschlich@gentoo.org 2007-03-24 00:49:50 0000 1. Installed =net-analyzer/arpwatch-2.1.15-r3 2. Ran "emerge --config arpwatch" (it did some magic, like adding the user and group "arpwatch" as well as setting ARPUSER="arpwatch" in /etc/conf.d/arpwatch) 3. Ran "/etc/init.d/arpwatch start", that failed with the following syslog message: --8<-- arpwatch: fopen(/var/lib/arpwatch/eth0.dat): Permission denied --8<-- Strangely, /var/lib/arpwatch/eth0.dat is root:root + 0600. Even removing /var/lib/arpwatch/eth0.dat doesn't help -- it get's recreated with the above mentioned ownership + permissions. I suspect arpwatch to drop the privileges *after* the file gets created? pva@gentoo.org 2007-03-27 19:39:37 0000 Fixed in net-analyzer/arpwatch-2.1.15-r4. And note. In net-analyzer/arpwatch-2.1.15-r4 I've also fixed start/stop problem. wschlich@gentoo.org 2007-03-28 08:14:17 0000 Thanks! :-)