Re: [cobalt-users] Ping and traceroute on RaQ3

[Glen Scott <glen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Helo,
>
> Some users try to use the ping and traceroute on my RaQ wihtout good
> results.
>
> Path to traceroute: /usr/sbin
> Path to ping: /bin
>
> [admin@www sbin]$ ls trace* -a -l
> -rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root        17672 Oct  4  2000 traceroute
> [admin@www /bin]traceroute domain.com
> bash: traceroute: command not found

You will need to add /usr/sbin to your search path.  To do this, edit 
/etc/profile and change the line;

PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"

to

PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/sbin"

You will need to log-out and log-in for the changes to take effect.

> [admin@www /bin]$ ls ping -a -l
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        14900 Sep 24  1999 ping
> [admin@www /bin]$ ping -c5 domain.com
> ping: ping must run as root

This is self-explanatory. To use ping, you need to 'su' to the root account.

Regards,

Glen Scott

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