Problem with ping-check?

[Matthias Eble]

> I've moved from check_ping to check_icmp. 
> If check_ping can produce unnecessary alerts then why not simply symlink
> check_ping to check_icmp or remove it?

because check_icmp needs root privileges (setuid root). check_ping can 
be run without uid 0 because ping already has setuid root.
check_icmp can only be installed with root privileges.

Matthias


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