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delete the old init.d script:
delete the old init.d script:
  sudo rm /etc/init.d/arpwatch
  sudo rm /etc/init.d/arpwatch
enable systemd script:
sudo systemctl enable arpwatch

Latest revision as of 19:26, 3 March 2018

sudo apt install arpwatch

edit the configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/arpwatch.conf
#to get email notifications for interface eth0:
eth0    -m ractive74@gmail.com

create a systemd service:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/arpwatch.conf

paste this in:

[Unit]
Description=Arpwatch daemon which keeps track of ethernet/ip address pairings
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/arpwatch

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

delete the old init.d script:

sudo rm /etc/init.d/arpwatch

enable systemd script:

sudo systemctl enable arpwatch