Information about the package, ipwatchd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ipwatchd package is designed for, IP conflict detection tool.
Package Name:
ipwatchd
Summary:
IP conflict detection tool
Description:
IPwatchD is a simple daemon that analyses all incoming ARP packets in order to detect IP conflicts on Linux. It can be configured to listen on one or more interfaces (alias interfaces are also supported) in active or passive mode. In active mode IPwatchD protects your host before IP takeover by answering Gratuitous ARP requests received from conflicting system. In passive mode it just records information about conflict through standard syslog interface.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.1
Release:
3.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the ipwatchd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ipwatchd
This command will install ipwatchd on the server.
yum remove ipwatchd
This command will un-install ipwatchd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipwatchd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ipwatchd
This command will un-install ipwatchd on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipwatchd when using the -y flag.
yum update ipwatchd
This command will update ipwatchd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipwatchd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ipwatchd
This command will update ipwatchd to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipwatchd when using the -y flag.
yum info ipwatchd
This command will show you core information about the ipwatchd package.
yum deplist ipwatchd
This command will show you the dependencies for ipwatchd. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ipwatchd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ipwatchd. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.