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diff -Naru arpwatch-2.1a15.orig/arpwatch.8 arpwatch-2.1a15/arpwatch.8
--- arpwatch-2.1a15.orig/arpwatch.8	2006-09-23 22:13:55.000000000 +0400
+++ arpwatch-2.1a15/arpwatch.8	2006-09-23 22:15:30.000000000 +0400
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@
 [
 .B -a
 ]
+.br
+.ti +8
+[
+.B -u
+.I username
+]
+.br
+.ti +8
+[
+.B -R
+.I seconds
+]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Arpwatch
@@ -159,6 +171,32 @@
 .B -N
 is given). (This feature comes from Debian).
 .LP
+The
+.B -u
+flag instructs
+.B arpwatch
+to drop root privileges and change the UID to
+.I username
+and GID to the primary group of
+.IR username .
+This is recommended for security reasons, but
+.I username
+has to have write access to the default directory. (This feature comes from Debian).
+.LP
+The
+.B -R
+flag instructs
+.B arpwatch
+to restart in
+.I seconds
+seconds after the interface went down. By default, in such cases
+arpwatch would print an error message and exit. This option is
+ignored if either the
+.B -r
+or
+.B -u
+flags are used. (This feature comes from Debian).
+.LP
 Note that an empty
 .I arp.dat
 file must be created before the first time you run
diff -Naru arpwatch-2.1a15.orig/arpwatch.c arpwatch-2.1a15/arpwatch.c
--- arpwatch-2.1a15.orig/arpwatch.c	2006-09-23 22:13:55.000000000 +0400
+++ arpwatch-2.1a15/arpwatch.c	2006-09-23 22:11:41.000000000 +0400
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <grp.h>
 #include <pcap.h>
 
 #include "gnuc.h"
@@ -144,6 +145,24 @@
 
 static char *interface;
 
+void dropprivileges(const char* user)
+{
+	struct passwd* pw;
+	pw = getpwnam( user );
+	if ( pw ) {
+		if ( initgroups(pw->pw_name, 0) != 0 || setgid(pw->pw_gid) != 0 ||
+			setuid(pw->pw_uid) != 0 ) {
+			syslog(LOG_ERR, "Couldn't change to '%.32s' uid=%d gid=%d", user,pw->pw_uid, pw->pw_gid);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Couldn't find user '%.32s' in /etc/passwd", user);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	syslog(LOG_INFO, "Running as uid=%d gid=%d", getuid(), getgid());
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -156,6 +175,7 @@
 	register char *rfilename;
 	struct bpf_program code;
 	char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
+	char* username = NULL;
 	char options[] =
 		"d"
 		"f:"
@@ -167,6 +187,7 @@
 		"s:"
 		"p"
 		"a"
+		"u:"
 	;
 
 	if (argv[0] == NULL)
@@ -233,6 +254,10 @@
 			++allsubnets;
 			break;
 
+		case 'u':
+			username = optarg;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			usage();
 		}
@@ -310,12 +335,16 @@
 #endif
 	}
 
+	if ( username ) {
+		dropprivileges( username );
+	} else {
 	/*
 	 * Revert to non-privileged user after opening sockets
 	 * (not needed on most systems).
 	 */
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+		setgid(getgid());
+		setuid(getuid());
+	}
 
 	/* Must be ethernet or fddi */
 	linktype = pcap_datalink(pd);
@@ -793,6 +822,7 @@
 		"[-s sendmail_path] "
 		"[-p] "
 		"[-a] "
+		"[-u username] "
 		"\n"
 	;