Re: [cobalt-security] PING

["Kevin D" <kdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Due to security risks (i.e. denial of service attacks) the ping program is
restricted to root access only. Su to root and chown the netsaint executable
to root and you should be fine.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Samuel A. Winchenbach" <samwinchenbach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 9:58 AM
Subject: [cobalt-security] PING


> Hello all,
>
> I am installing netsaint on a Raq 3 and have run into a bit of a problem.
> NetSaint uses ping to determine if a given host is "alive" by pinging it
> every so often.  It appears as though ping can only be executed as root.
> I have verified that the permissions are set correctly (755) but for some
> unknown reason the user "admin" cannot use the ping command.   Any help on
> this would be greatly appreciated.
>
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