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Re: Root checked moved after parsing the command line.


From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: Root checked moved after parsing the command line.
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:59:53 +0300

> This moves the checking of root in ping to a later stage, i.e. after
> parsing the command line.  This is so that --help can be a bit of use
> for users instead of spitting out an "must run as root" message.  Oh,
>
> OK to commit?

Sure, but note that if the message appears this means that ping is
improperly installed. It should always be setuid root.

Regards,
Sergey



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