ping requiers root privs
Joakim Tjernlund
joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se
Mon Apr 7 09:02:53 UTC 2008
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 03:51 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 07 April 2008, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > Ping tries to open a raw socket and only root can do that.
>
> and ? this is how ping works. you get the same exact behavior with standard
> ping on any other system.
> -mike
ehh, serves me right for not thinking before posting. I had lost the
s-bit on busybox :(
Jocke
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