From owner-cvs-all Wed Aug 26 16:53:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20057 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:53:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from athena.bfmni.com (www.bfmni.com [206.172.20.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20025; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:53:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsmith@bfmni.com) Received: from whatzit ([206.172.20.155]) by athena.bfmni.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-30094U35) with SMTP id AAA182; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 19:52:27 -0400 Message-ID: <006601bdd14c$904d0bd0$6403a8c0@comstyle.com> From: bsmith@bfmni.com (Brad Smith) To: "Matt Dillon" Cc: , Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ping ping.c Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 19:52:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.0518.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0518.4 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Maybe make it like Microsoft's PING where it pings 4 times unless you use the -t option. -t Ping the specifed host until interrupted. Brad >: >:des 1998/08/26 11:51:37 PDT >: >: Modified files: >: sbin/ping ping.c >: Log: >: Remove -c restrictions from previous commit. >: >: Revision Changes Path >: 1.41 +1 -13 src/sbin/ping/ping.c > > Sounds good. I do think that the -f restrictions should be > left in as well as the -i restrictions (only root can ping < 1 second > interval). -s restrictions could also be removed or a limit could > be set for non-root users. > > The problems we've had with an unlimited -c has been more one of > forgetfullness... a user will start a ping going and forget to kill > it. It would be nice if ping did *NOT* default to an 'infinite' count, > even if users are allowed to specify an option to set an infinite count. > > -Matt > >