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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:53:08 +0200
From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: Ping under normal user
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 11:48:11AM -0300, Bruno M. Petroski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>    I'm using FreeBSD 4.10, and I'm trying to ping a computer using the 
> following command as a normal user, but I receive an error message.
> 
> $ ping -s 64 -c 10 10.1.1.1
> ping: -s flag: Operation not permitted
> 
> 
>   If I use the same command as root, no error message is given. Is 
> there any option I could setup in order to overcome this error???

Don't use the '-s' flag.  As the manpage for ping(8) states: "Only the
super-user may use this option."


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Erik Trulsson
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