Re: [Nagios-devel] Problem with ping-check?
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:11 am
> 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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