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commit 6702a95f2ea1a6a5b7c94437a87c1be6d0677733
Author: Jan Synacek <jsynacek@redhat.com>
Date: Mon Sep 12 12:50:58 2016 +0200
ping: fix error message when getting EACCES from connect()
According to man connect(2), EACCES can be set either when pinging a
broadcast address, or when a local firewall rule is in place.
Easily reproduced by running "ip route add prohibit <ipaddr>" and then
trying to ping the address.
diff --git a/ping.c b/ping.c
index 34eb436..52b0f0e 100644
--- a/ping.c
+++ b/ping.c
@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ int ping4_run(int argc, char **argv, struct addrinfo *ai, socket_st *sock)
if (connect(probe_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&dst, sizeof(dst)) == -1) {
if (errno == EACCES) {
if (broadcast_pings == 0) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Do you want to ping broadcast? Then -b\n");
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Do you want to ping broadcast? Then -b. If not, check your local firewall rules.\n");
exit(2);
}
fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: pinging broadcast address\n");