Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:35:14 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jon Lewis <> | Subject | Re: Ping problem patch question |
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On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Ronald Wahl wrote:
> > Being quite new to Linux, I'm having a slight problem trying to patch the > > kernel to fix the ping problem. I apply the patch with the below result, > > the patch doesn't work, as the computer will still hang. > > > > Here is what I'm typing: > > > > cat /usr/src/ping_patch | patch -p0 > > Add the `-l' option to the patch command.
Another problem many people may have is that the patch was generated within the linux/net/ipv4/ directory, and so the full path of the file to patch is not totally obvious.
I've put up my modified version of Alan Cox's fix at
ftp://ftp.fdt.net:/pub/People/fubar/linux/patches/kernel/pingme2.diff
In fact, this is Alan's patch, with 2 changes. It has fullish paths in the diff statement, so it's more obvious how to apply it, and it logs attempts to crash your box. I caught someone "testing" one of our big servers only an hour after booting up with the patch.
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