Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:35:24 -0400 (EDT) From: rwatson@freebsd.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/20527: ping6 and traceroute6 aren't in ping and traceroute Message-ID: <200008102035.QAA28369@fledge.watson.org>
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>Number: 20527 >Category: bin >Synopsis: redundant binaries for similar IPv4 and IPv6 tools >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 10 13:40:00 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Watson >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 4.0 or greater, IPv6 tools >Description: ping6 and traceroute6 are seperate binaries from ping and traceroute. For other IPv6 tools (telnet, rsh, ...) the binaries are the same. This inconsistency is unfortunate, and should (one would imagine) be correctable, with an optional "-4" or "-6" to force the use of AF_INET or AF_INET6 to retrieve a particular protocol. It would be nice to reduce the number of setuid binaries in the system, as well as, wherever possible, use the same tools for both IP protocols to minimize unnecessary differences. >How-To-Repeat: ls /usr/sbin/traceroute6 /usr/sbin/traceroute ls /sbin/ping6 /sbin/ping >Fix: Patches not available. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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