Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:53:08 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "Bruno M. Petroski" <petroski@inf.ufsc.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ping under normal user Message-ID: <20041015145308.GA80702@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <416FE32B.2080203@inf.ufsc.br> References: <416FE32B.2080203@inf.ufsc.br>
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 11:48:11AM -0300, Bruno M. Petroski wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBSD 4.10, and I'm trying to ping a computer using the > following command as a normal user, but I receive an error message. > > $ ping -s 64 -c 10 10.1.1.1 > ping: -s flag: Operation not permitted > > > If I use the same command as root, no error message is given. Is > there any option I could setup in order to overcome this error??? Don't use the '-s' flag. As the manpage for ping(8) states: "Only the super-user may use this option." -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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