Revert "Reapply "sbin/ping: allow normal users to specify larger packets""

The value of MAXPAYLOAD in the re-applied commit is not right.  Back
this out until it's had a proper review.

This reverts commit b88df1e893.

Requested by:	maxim, glebius
This commit is contained in:
Mark Johnston 2024-10-20 14:27:25 +00:00
parent 3dc6188294
commit eaab882600
2 changed files with 8 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd October 15, 2024
.Dd September 15, 2023
.Dt PING 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ with the 8 bytes of
ICMP
header data.
.Pp
For IPv4, only the super-user may specify values more than default.
This option cannot be used with ping sweeps.
.Pp
For IPv6, you may need to specify

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@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
#define DEFDATALEN 56 /* default data length */
#define FLOOD_BACKOFF 20000 /* usecs to back off if F_FLOOD mode */
/* runs out of buffer space */
#define MAXIPLEN ((int)sizeof(struct ip) + MAX_IPOPTLEN)
#define MAXPAYLOAD (IP_MAXPACKET - MAXIPLEN - ICMP_MINLEN)
#define MAXIPLEN (sizeof(struct ip) + MAX_IPOPTLEN)
#define MAXICMPLEN (ICMP_ADVLENMIN + MAX_IPOPTLEN)
#define MAXWAIT 10000 /* max ms to wait for response */
#define MAXALARM (60 * 60) /* max seconds for alarm timeout */
#define MAXTOS 255
@ -458,10 +458,11 @@ ping(int argc, char *const *argv)
errx(EX_USAGE, "invalid packet size: `%s'",
optarg);
datalen = (int)ltmp;
if (datalen > MAXPAYLOAD) {
errx(EX_USAGE,
if (uid != 0 && datalen > DEFDATALEN) {
errno = EPERM;
err(EX_NOPERM,
"packet size too large: %d > %u",
datalen, MAXPAYLOAD);
datalen, DEFDATALEN);
}
break;
case 'T': /* multicast TTL */