[27007] in Athena Bugs
Re: Feature request: Installing mtr
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Chen)
Sat Nov 18 21:01:48 2006
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Kevin Chen wrote:
> I often find mtr (http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/), which "combines the
> functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs in a single
> network diagnostic tool" helpful.
>
> I was in the process of installing it into a locker before realizing
> that it needs to be run setuid.
It was pointed out to me that sipb-afsreq could install setuid binaries.
I've installed mtr in the outland locker now instead. (It's only
setuid for Solaris at the moment.)
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Kevin Chen
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