Messages in this thread |  | | From | Russ Steffen <> | Subject | RE: ping -f vs. ping -l | Date | Sun, 26 May 1996 18:05:55 -0500 (CDT) |
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> On Sun, 26 May 1996, Jared Mauch wrote: > > > I have one thing to say: > > > > Userland, not kerneland.
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> What does kerneland and userland have to do with ping -l and ping -f ? > Bryn > --
Because this is an issue involving *only* the ping executable. Ping, being suid to root so that it can "ping" in the first place has the sole responsibilty for granting/denying access to the features selected by -l and -f. If -l is allowed for all users, then it's the ping program that's at fault, not the kernel.
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