[maemo-users] Missing OS2008 cmdline apps (was Re: how to install OS2007?)

[From: Marius Gedminas]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 07:54:44PM +0200, Tuomas Kulve wrote:
> hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> 
> > There's a big difference between setuid root ahd having to be root.
> 
> Ping is just a link to busybox and setting busybox as setuid wouldn't
> probably be a good solution either.

How about a /usr/bin/ping like this

  #!/bin/sh
  exec /usr/bin/sudo /bin/ping "$@"

with

  user ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ping

in /etc/sudoers?

In the default $PATH /usr/bin comes before /bin, so it would work.

Marius Gedminas
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