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- From: silvert@biome.bio.ns.ca (Bill Silvert)
- Subject: traceroute
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.210628.5967@biome.bio.ns.ca>
- Reply-To: silvert@biome.bio.dfo.ca (Bill Silvert)
- Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. Oceanography
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- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 21:06:28 GMT
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- I've been asked why only root can run traceroute on a PI. It is mode 755,
- but only root can access the necessary socket. Apparently on other
- platforms you don't have to be root to run it. Any answers out there?
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- William Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Inst. of Oceanography
- P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2. Tel. (902)426-1577
- InterNet Address: silvert@biome.bio.dfo.ca
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