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Re: [cobalt-users] ping



On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Dylan O'Donnell wrote:

> How can I adjust permissions on icmp (ping) so a particular user, or indeed
> any user can ping. (so you dont require su privs) 

You don't, it's a kernel requirement, you must be UID 0 to send low level
network packets, , the traditional way to do this is to make ping suid,
thi i don't really recommend it, ping has seen a few hacks....