[SCM] GNU Inetutils branch, master, updated. inetutils-1_8-82-g82cafb9

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commit 82cafb9b3cd252c63c6d0d5ddf7bd0a087634edf
Author: Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Jan 26 23:40:00 2011 +0100

    traceroute: Do not test effective-UID of caller.
    
    The test effectively precludes the use of file capabilities.
    Identical messages are still given when privileges are missing.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b77093a..2ffc7e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-01-26  Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden>
+
+       * src/traceroute.c (main): Remove test on geteuid().
+
 2011-01-25  Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden>
 
        * src/logger.c (host_family) [HAVE_DECL_GETADDRINFO]: New variable.
diff --git a/src/traceroute.c b/src/traceroute.c
index 7605284..d585497 100644
--- a/src/traceroute.c
+++ b/src/traceroute.c
@@ -199,9 +199,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       || getaddrinfo (hostname, NULL, &hints, &res))
     error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "unknown host");
 
-  if (geteuid () != 0)
-    error (EXIT_FAILURE, EPERM, "insufficient permissions");
-
   memcpy (&dest, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen);
   dest.sin_port = htons (opt_port);
 

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog        |    4 ++++
 src/traceroute.c |    3 ---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


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