solved

[Paul L. Allen]

Russell Miller writes: 

> I solved it.  The ping on redhat 8 is broken - it doesn't return when -c
> 1 is specified on a nonresponding host.

No it's not broken, it works exactly as documented in the man page. 

> Installing the redhat 9 RPMs fixed the 
> problem.

Looking at the man page and understanding the significance of the -w
option would also have fixed your problem. 

-- 
Paul Allen
Softflare Support 




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