On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 07:35:20 -0700 (GMT-07:00) James Mckenzie <jjmckenzi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Yes, there are legit reasons to run as root, one of them is the now famous > ICMP 'Ping' unavailability issue in Linux. Experts know about this and how > to work around it. Newbies, used to Windows and how it works, just figure > that this is restricted to administrators, and switch to root to get around > it. The proper command, as I have learned through years of UNIX > administration, is 'su -' but newbies don't know this and most just use 'su'. Can you point me at a guide for using ICMP 'Ping' without root? Sorry for being a noob.
