From owner-cvs-all Wed Aug 26 07:42:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA10050 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:42:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA10028; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:41:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11541; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:29:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199808261429.PAA11541@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Eivind Eklund cc: Matt Dillon , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ping ping.8 ping.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 26 Aug 1998 14:34:54 +0200." <19980826143454.03686@follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 15:29:39 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 06:58:41PM -0700, Matt Dillon wrote: > > dillon 1998/08/25 18:58:40 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sbin/ping ping.8 ping.c > > Log: > > (well tested at BEST): -i option can now take FP values (e.g. -i 0.1), > > extremely useful for networking testing. Other options secured from > > user-level D.O.S. attacks. -f, -s now root-only. -i wait times < 1.0 > > root-only. > > >>> -c count limited to 100 and defaults to 16 when ping run > >>> by non-root user. > > Eh - does this mean that I have to su to root to be able to run a > continious ping? This is IMO a step backwards - we commonly use ping [.....] I agree. It's pointless anyway, as a user can while :; do ping blah; done > Eivind. -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....