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author | dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-08-26 01:58:39 +0000 |
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committer | dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-08-26 01:58:39 +0000 |
commit | 0dd585520fcca4d065f3e062a82ba49d8fa04322 (patch) | |
tree | a8530c68e1d723e63fd62839a62104787c2eed0d /sbin/ping/ping.8 | |
parent | 489a278c8f035dd5ee4bb2b682aefebef62da6c4 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-0dd585520fcca4d065f3e062a82ba49d8fa04322.zip FreeBSD-src-0dd585520fcca4d065f3e062a82ba49d8fa04322.tar.gz |
(well tested at BEST): -i option can now take FP values (e.g. -i 0.1),
extremely useful for networking testing. Other options secured from
user-level D.O.S. attacks. -f, -s now root-only. -i wait times < 1.0
root-only. -c count limited to 100 and defaults to 16 when ping run
by non-root user.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ping/ping.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/ping/ping.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ping/ping.8 b/sbin/ping/ping.8 index 1b3fd18..b3a954f 100644 --- a/sbin/ping/ping.8 +++ b/sbin/ping/ping.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)ping.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 -.\" $Id: ping.8,v 1.14 1998/04/01 00:32:18 imp Exp $ +.\" $Id: ping.8,v 1.15 1998/07/15 06:45:00 charnier Exp $ .\" .Dd March 1, 1997 .Dt PING 8 @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ Stop after sending .Pq and receiving .Ar count .Tn ECHO_RESPONSE -packets. +packets. non-root users may not send more then 100 packets and default +to 16, while root defaults to infinity. .It Fl d Set the .Dv SO_DEBUG @@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ sent a period .Dq \&. is printed, while for every .Tn ECHO_REPLY -received a backspace is printed. +received a backspace is printed. Only root may specify this option. This provides a rapid display of how many packets are being dropped. Only the super-user may use this option. .Bf -emphasis @@ -111,8 +112,9 @@ Wait .Ar wait seconds .Em between sending each packet . -The default is to wait for one second between each packet. -This option is incompatible with the +The default is to wait for one second between each packet. The +wait time may be fractional, but only root may specify values +less then 1 second. This option is incompatible with the .Fl f option. .It Fl I Ar interface @@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ The default is 56, which translates into 64 data bytes when combined with the 8 bytes of .Tn ICMP -header data. +header data. Only root may use this option. .It Fl T Ar ttl Set the IP Time To Live for multicasted packets. This flag only applies if the ping destination is a multicast address. |