Re: ping

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 06:04:51AM -0800, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> root@joule:/home/root# /bin/ping -c 3  192.168.0.12
> PING 192.168.0.12 (192.168.0.12) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.0.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.079 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.0.12: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.114 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.0.12: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.113 ms
> 
> --- 192.168.0.12 ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2041ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.079/0.102/0.114/0.016 ms
> root@joule:/home/root# echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:.
> root@joule:/home/root# which ping
> /bin/ping
> root@joule:/home/root# ping -c 3  192.168.0.12
> 
> No response.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Thanks,             ... Peter E.
> 
> 
>

How did you become root? If with su, remember to now use su -

If with sudo, use sudo -s, maybe.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater 
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