Editing Makefile.in and addresses.h.in for Arpwatch

mack1e · 04-27-2009, 10:51 AM

Hello,
I apologize upfront for any greeness

I am trying to install arpwatch and have read the Install and ReadMe files for it and some of the directions are a bit vague:

"edit the BINDEST and MANDEST paths in Makefile.in and
the address defines in addresses.h.in. Then run ./configure (a shell
script). "configure" will determine your system attributes and
generate an appropriate Makefile and addresses.h from Makefile.in and
addresses.h.in."

I edited the Makefile.in by providing "usr/sbin" as the path but am not sure how to edit the addreses.h.in which have these prestored values:

"#define WATCHER "root"
#define WATCHEE "arpwatch (Arpwatch)"
~"

Can anyone shine some light on this?

Thank you.

norobro · 04-28-2009, 08:53 PM

Saying those directions are vague is putting it mildly.

Try this: in your directory containing the arpwatch source code type:

Code:

grep -R WATCHER *

Then substitute WATCHEE in the above for WATCHER.

I got

Code:

grep -R WATCHER *
addresses.h.in:#define WATCHER "root"
util.c:char *mailto=WATCHER;

grep -R WATCHEE *
addresses.h.in:#define WATCHEE "arpwatch (Arpwatch)"
util.c:char *mailfrom=WATCHEE;

You can look in "util.c" to investigate further but what the grep output tells me is that WATCHER is the address where you want mail sent. Unless you make a change it will be local mail to the root user. The WATCHEE will be the sender.

mack1e · 04-30-2009, 11:00 AM

Thanks for the response (plus the snideness)but by the time I checked by I managed to figure all that out and get it installed. Now I'm trying to wrestle with the syntax and getting the contents of arp.dat to be sent as an email report.

norobro · 04-30-2009, 11:16 AM

You're welcome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mack1e

Now I'm trying to wrestle with the syntax and getting the contents of arp.dat to be sent as an email report.

And good luck!