Robert Woodcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Without going in depth as to what traceroute and ping are (a fruitless flame > war)
Facts can not build a flame war. Opinions (about "depth" or somesuch) can. > suffice it to say that I disagree with your "deeper" comment. Ok. > These 'boundaries' are completely arbitrary, since as pointed out earlier, > Herbert Xu isn't willing to change traceroute. > > Perhaps we should ask Dan Quinlan? Indeed. This way all Linux variants can go through this change. Traditionally, it was /sbin/traceroute and it makes sense to reverse this decision only when a new standard mandates it. [mv /usr/bin/mtr /usr/sbin/mtr ?] > If it is really to go in sbin, then I shall also take the suid-bit off of > it, since obviously only root will be using it anyway. Nope. Users will still want to use it. FWIW, suid should be replaced by a capability, anyway, sooner or later. -- Robbe
