Re: [cobalt-security] PING

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it advisable or not to install using the RPM package available.  I don't know if
it would interfere at all with Cobalts special configs?

~ Theo

"John F. McClure" wrote:

> You can find Netsaint at freshmeat.net  Ping will only tell you if your network
> is up, Netsaint will actually monitor specific services dns, ftp, httpd, etc.
>
> -- John
>
> Theodore Jones wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend the Netsaint product for what it does, or any other
> > monitoring system that will email to a pager or cellphone if a site/sites go
> > down?
> >
> > Does anybody have the Netsaint URL?
> >
> > ~ Theo
> >
> > Kevin D wrote:
> >
> > > 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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