[bug-inetutils] Re: [PATCH] traceroute: Remove geteuid test.

[Mats Erik Andersson]

tisdag den 25 januari 2011 klockan 13:06 skrev Simon Josefsson detta:
> Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > -  if (geteuid () != 0)
> > -    error (EXIT_FAILURE, EPERM, "insufficient permissions");
> 
> How does the error message look when there is insufficient permission
> with that patch applied?  Will the error message be cryptic?

Identical messages with '-Mudp' and '-Micmp':

GNU/Linux, GNU/kFreeBSD, FreeBSD issue EPERM:

   $ ./src/traceroute -Micmp ftp.sunet.se
   traceroute to ftp.sunet.se (194.71.11.69), 64 hops max
   ./src/traceroute: socket: Operation not permitted

OpenBSD issues EACCES:

   $ ./src/traceroute -Micmp ftp.sunet.se
   traceroute to ftp.sunet.se (194.71.11.69), 64 hops max
   ./src/traceroute: socket: Permission denied

The resulting message is the native statement in each system
for the failure to create a raw socket.

Regards,
  Mats