man of tracepath mentions that in contrast with traceroute it does NOT require root privilegies. Probably at some point in time it was true, but currently i use traceroute without root privilegies. The patch was introduced by Dan Holbach on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:17:53 +0200 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+changelog Dan mentions distro decision about tracepath but google says nothing about why tracepath was chosen. And tracepath is broken currently. At least 2 releases Natty and Oneiric.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 14:29, Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo.m...@canonical.com> wrote: > > it's not installed by default, so there's a reason why we have to patch > it. Not sure though why, anyone knows? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369993 > > Title: > Traceroute in Network Tools not functioning > > Status in “gnome-nettool” package in Ubuntu: > In Progress > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-nettool > > In Jaunty, when doing "Traceroute" in System-->Administration-->Network > Tools, tracing the route to a given IP takes infinite time (application is > responsive, though), whereas browsing to same IP is OK. > In conclusion: Traceroute fails to trace. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+bug/369993/+subscriptions -- http://antono.info/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-nettool in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369993 Title: Traceroute in Network Tools not functioning To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+bug/369993/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
