---
name: "ipwatchd-script"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ipwatchd"
version: "1.3.0-1+nmu3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ipwatchd-script"
---

# ipwatchd-script(1)

User-defined script called by IPwatchD daemon when IP conflict occurs

## NAME

ipwatchd-script - User-defined script called by IPwatchD daemon when IP conflict occurs

## SYNOPSIS

**ipwatchd-script** *device* *IP\_address* *MAC\_address*

## DESCRIPTION

This script is executed by IPwatchD daemon when IP conflict occurs. It uses IPwatchD-G-Notify (if available) to display warning message in Gnome sessions. System administrator can write own script to handle IP conflicts and instruct IPwatchD daemon to use it by modification of **user\_script** directive in its configuration file.

## OPTIONS

Following options are passed by IPwatchD daemon:

- **device**

  Name of network device in conflict.

- **IP\_address**

  IP address in conflict.

- **MAC\_address**

  MAC address of conflicting system.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jaroslav Imrich \<jariq@jariq.sk\>

## SEE ALSO

[**ipwatchd**(8)](/ipwatchd/8.md), [**ipwatchd.conf**(5)](/ipwatchd.conf/5.md), [**ipwatchd-gnotify**(1)](/ipwatchd-gnotify/1.md)