Re: ping problem

[Gergely Trifonov <gergely.trifonov@indweb.hu>]

it's okay if you just remove the setuid bit from /bin/ping (chmod -s
/bin/ping), so users won't be able to run it 


On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 14:02, Halil Demirezen wrote:
> How can i solve the problem that after i ping my computer(server) with
> "ping localhost&" for about 160 times, the system starts not to give
> response and the load average of the cpu raises to the %81.
> 
> and i can manage this under an ordinary user account. 
> 
> So a normal user can make the whole system locked with a simple 160* "ping
> localhost&" :<
> 
> how can i solve this system problem..
> 
> should i remove ping command?
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> /*
> /* Icq uin : 1037072
> /*  
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