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ping flood does not work as unprivileged user
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Description

[email protected]# run ping 10.0.1.2 flood 
PING 10.0.1.2 (10.0.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
ping: cannot flood; minimal interval allowed for user is 200ms

For correct work ping with -f need the privileged level (sudo)
Propose to add https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-op/blob/current/scripts/ping#L54

'flood': {
    'ping': 'sudo {command} -f',

Details

Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
1.3-rolling-202004300117
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

Dmitry assigned this task to thomas-mangin.

All works on the rolling 1.3-rolling-202005030117

[email protected]:~$ ping 100.64.0.1 flood count 300
PING 100.64.0.1 (100.64.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
 
--- 100.64.0.1 ping statistics ---
300 packets transmitted, 300 received, 0% packet loss, time 411ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.390/0.707/2.878/0.300 ms, ipg/ewma 1.375/0.678 ms
erkin renamed this task from ping flood does not work to ping flood does not work as unprivileged user.Aug 30 2021, 6:23 AM
erkin set Issue type to Bug (incorrect behavior).
erkin removed a subscriber: Active contributors.