Feature request - configurable arp-scan args #486 🎁

front/plugins/arp_scan/config.json

@@ -322,6 +322,28 @@
           "string": "Wann Benachrichtigungen gesendet werden sollen."
         }
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "function": "ARGS",
+      "type": "text",
+      "default_value": "sudo arp-scan --ignoredups --retry=6",
+      "options": [],
+      "localized": [
+        "name",
+        "description"
+      ],
+      "name": [
+        {
+          "language_code": "en_us",
+          "string": "Arguments"
+        }
+      ],
+      "description": [
+        {
+          "language_code": "en_us",
+          "string": "Arguments to run arps-scan with. Recommended and tested only with the setting <code>sudo arp-scan --ignoredups --retry=6</code>."
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "database_column_definitions": [

front/plugins/arp_scan/script.py

@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ from time import strftime
 sys.path.append("/home/pi/pialert/front/plugins")
 sys.path.append('/home/pi/pialert/pialert') 
 
+# pialert modules
+from database import DB
 from plugin_helper import Plugin_Object, Plugin_Objects, handleEmpty
 from logger import mylog, append_line_to_file
-from helper import timeNowTZ
+from helper import timeNowTZ, get_setting_value
 from const import logPath, pialertPath
 
 CUR_PATH = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve())
@@ -62,6 +64,11 @@ def main():
         subnets_list = userSubnetsParam.split(',')
     else:
         subnets_list = [userSubnetsParam]
+
+
+    # Create a database connection
+    db = DB()  # instance of class DB
+    db.open()
     
     # Execute the ARP scanning process on the list of subnets (whether it's one or multiple subnets).
     # The function 'execute_arpscan' is assumed to be defined elsewhere in the code.
@@ -132,7 +139,7 @@ def execute_arpscan(userSubnets):
 
 def execute_arpscan_on_interface(interface):
     # Prepare command arguments
-    arpscan_args = ['sudo', 'arp-scan', '--ignoredups', '--retry=6'] + interface.split()
+    arpscan_args = get_setting_value('ARPSCAN_ARGS').split() + interface.split()
 
     # Execute command
     try: