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fping/fping-3.0-capnetraw.patch

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diff -up fping-3.0/fping.8.capnetraw fping-3.0/fping.8
--- fping-3.0/fping.8.capnetraw 2011-12-28 08:32:17.000000000 -0500
+++ fping-3.0/fping.8 2012-02-18 14:58:14.023533041 -0500
@@ -87,10 +87,7 @@ 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.
@@ -211,11 +208,9 @@ 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-3.0/fping.c.capnetraw fping-3.0/fping.c
--- fping-3.0/fping.c.capnetraw 2011-12-22 10:05:18.000000000 -0500
+++ fping-3.0/fping.c 2012-02-18 15:01:04.188654114 -0500
@@ -415,7 +415,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
#endif
struct protoent *proto;
char *buf;
- uid_t uid;
int tos = 0;
#ifndef IPV6
@@ -425,17 +424,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
#endif
HOST_ENTRY *cursor;
- /* 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
if( ( proto = getprotobyname( "icmp" ) ) == NULL )
@@ -522,12 +510,6 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
#endif
#endif
- if( ( uid = getuid() ) )
- {
- seteuid( getuid() );
-
- }/* IF */
-
prog = argv[0];
ident = getpid() & 0xFFFF;