On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:04 AM, Guan Xin <guanx....@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Excuse me, I searched but didn't find an answer -- >> >> What's the purpose of setting a limit to the "-i" and "-l" parameters >> of ping for non-root users? >> >> It seems that this is only intended to prevent accidental misuse >> because these restrictions can be easily worked around by starting >> multiple instances or wrapping the program in a loop, e.g., >> while true; do ping -l3 -c3 192.168.0.1; done >> > > I think the purpose of "-i" is not for rate limit, but for either hear beating > or monitoring latency periodically. >
Thanks for the reply! Probably I didn't make myself clear -- I meant the limit of 0.2s of the argument to -i for non-root users. (Please Cc to me because I'm not subscribed to this list. Thanks!) Regards, Guan
