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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:07:22 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: allowing normal user to run ping
Message-ID:  <20000724140721.C13979@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <397CAB93.483FBE99@miltonstreet.com>; from scarleton@miltonstreet.com on Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 04:48:19PM -0400
References:  <397CAB93.483FBE99@miltonstreet.com>

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* Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> [000724 13:49] wrote:
> I have a normal user on my FreeBSD box that needs to run ping and
> traceroute.  I do NOT want to give this user the ability to su in as
> root.  What do I need to do so this user can run ping and traceroute?

Ping and traceroute are suid therefore you don't need to be root
to use them, they automatically grant the appropriate level of
privledge to perform the operations needed.

-Alfred


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