Ping and other ip utilities

[rgarza28]

Hello all,

Just wondering how to use the 770 to ping other devices. I have x-term and iputils installed but no ping command can be found. Am I missing something? I've searched all over this site and have yet to come across any info on this topic, but if I've missed something point it to me.

Thanks,

Ray

[ziggamon]

it's located in /var/lib/install/usr/bin/ping

try that ;-)
Next - you should be able to add /var/lib/install/usr/bin/ to your .profile, or just link it to /usr/bin/ping

[ploum]

it doesn't allow me to open ICMP socket :-(

[bcvthul]

I have a strange situation onjuist my 770. The ping tool is located in /mnt/inits/bin. It's linked to the busybox located too in this directory. Doing help in the shell gives an overview of the busybox commands. Ping is not in this list(?)

BC

[aflegg]

ploum,

Crafting a ping packet requires root privileges, but an Application Installer package in the 2005 OS can't have a binary setuid root.

You'll need to, as root, do something along the lines of:

chown root /var/lib/install/usr/bin/ping
chmod u+s /var/lib/install/usr/bin/ping

HTH,

Andrew

[ploum]

Indeed, I was guessing it was something like that. But I'm not root for now and I think I will stay a bit this way ;-)

[dandrewk]

Just change your permissions in Sudoer and then you can use Sudo for root powers in production mode.

[rgarza28]

Hey thanks for the info. I managed to get it to work as ziggamon suggested.