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>hi. |
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>background: ----------- |
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>previously, i used to run it by this: |
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> > arpwatch -i enp7s0 -m caveman@××××××.com -s /usr/sbin/sendmail |
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>but now, after some update, apparently this doesn't work any more. |
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>what seems to have changed is: |
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> * "-m" is replaced by "-w" or "-W". * "-s" doesn't specify sendmail |
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> path, but is rather only a flag to suppress "reports sent by email". |
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>if i update the command into: |
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> > arpwatch -i enp7s0 -w caveman@××××××.com |
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No answers to your questions below, but you could try |
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PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH arpwatch -i enp7s0 -w caveman@××××××.com |
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and see if that solves your problem. |
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DaveF |
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>then, it runs normally, but, it fails to send emails, with this error: |
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> > execl: sendmail: No such file or directory |
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>`whereis sendmail`: |
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> > sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail /usr/lib64/sendmail |
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>/usr/share/man/man1/sendmail.1.bz2 |
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>questions: ---------- |
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>Q1: what happened that caused this syntax change? e.g. is it an update |
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>from upstream? or is it a totally new app written by other devs? or am i |
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>hallucinating (pretty sure it used to work tho)? |
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>Q2: is there any better tool to monitor arps and to email me when |
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>interesting things happen? |
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>thanks a lot for your time. |
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>rgrds, cm. |
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