diff -up fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.8.capnetraw fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.8
--- fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.8.capnetraw	2002-01-20 20:05:48.000000000 -0500
+++ fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.8	2011-09-04 16:14:03.782482153 -0400
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ fping a list of IP addresses as input an
 .IP \fB-e\fR 5
 Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets.
 .IP \fB-f\fR 5
-Read list of targets from a file.  This option can only be used by the
-root user.  Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
-
-% fping < targets_file
+Read list of targets from a file.
 
 .IP \fB-g\fR 5
 Generate a target list from a supplied IP netmask, or a starting and ending IP.
@@ -203,11 +200,9 @@ command line arguments, and 4 for a syst
 Ha! If we knew of any we would have fixed them!
 .SH RESTRICTIONS
 If certain options are used (i.e, a low value for -i and -t, and a 
-high value for -r) it is possible to flood the network. This program
-must be installed as setuid root in order to open up a raw socket,
-or must be run by root. In order to stop mere mortals from hosing the
-network (when fping is installed setuid root) , normal users can't specify 
-the following:
+high value for -r) it is possible to flood the network. In order to
+stop mere mortals from hosing the network (when fping is installed
+setuid root), normal users can't specify the following:
 .nf
 
  -i n   where n < 10  msec
diff -up fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.c.capnetraw fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.c
--- fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.c.capnetraw	2011-09-04 15:06:08.800668963 -0400
+++ fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6/fping.c	2011-09-04 15:11:15.256781273 -0400
@@ -410,17 +410,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 	int advance;
 	struct protoent *proto;
 	char *buf;
-	uid_t uid;
-	/* check if we are root */
-
-	if( geteuid() )
-	{
-		fprintf( stderr,
-			"This program can only be run by root, or it must be setuid root.\n" );
-
-		exit( 3 );
-
-	}/* IF */
 
 	/* confirm that ICMP is available on this machine */
 #ifndef IPV6
@@ -508,12 +497,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 #endif
 #endif
 
-	if( ( uid = getuid() ) )
-	{
-		seteuid( getuid() );
-
-	}/* IF */
-
 	prog = argv[0];
 	ident = getpid() & 0xFFFF;