Subject: bin/6222: ping -f won't work
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <arndt@uni-koblenz.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/01/1998 19:45:41
>Number: 6222
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: can't use ping -f as root
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 1 10:50:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Charlie Root
>Organization:
Uwe Arndt | Universitaet Koblenz
EMAIL: arndt@uni-koblenz.de | Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz
T: +49 261 9119 642 | FAX: +49 261 9119 495
>Release: 09/30/98
>Environment:
System: NetBSD handy 1.3H NetBSD 1.3H (UWES2) #0: Tue Sep 29 12:44:47 CEST 1998 root@handy:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/UWES2 i386
>Description:
ping -f tell's me I have to be root, while I'm root
>How-To-Repeat:
ping -f
>Fix:
*** /homes/NetBSD/src/sbin/ping/ping.c Tue Sep 15 13:10:03 1998
--- /mnt/usr/src/sbin/ping/ping.c Thu Oct 1 19:38:40 1998
***************
*** 327,333 ****
if (interval == 0)
interval = (pingflags & F_FLOOD) ? FLOOD_INTVL : 1.0;
#ifndef sgi
! if (pingflags & F_FLOOD)
errx(1, "Must be superuser to use -f");
if (interval < 1.0 && getuid())
errx(1, "Must be superuser to use < 1 sec ping interval");
--- 327,333 ----
if (interval == 0)
interval = (pingflags & F_FLOOD) ? FLOOD_INTVL : 1.0;
#ifndef sgi
! if (pingflags & F_FLOOD && getuid())
errx(1, "Must be superuser to use -f");
if (interval < 1.0 && getuid())
errx(1, "Must be superuser to use < 1 sec ping interval");
>Audit-Trail:
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