I'm sponsoring this fast track for myself.
The requested release binding is Minor.
A man page is included in the case's materials
Thanks,
Dan
Proposal:
Integrate fping into Solaris
Details:
fping is a ping like program which uses the Internet Control Message
Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a host is up. fping is
different from ping in that you can specify any number of hosts on
the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of hosts to
ping.
Unlike ping, fping is meant to be used in scripts and its output
is easy to parse.
Instead of trying one host until it timeouts or replies, fping
will send out a ping packet and move on to the next host in a round-
robin fashion. If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the
list of hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain
time limit and/or retry limit it will be considered unreachable.
Fping has been developed and maintained by Roland Schemers,
RL "Bob" Morgan, David Papp and Thomas Dzubin - webpage
http://fping.sourceforge.net.
The current version of fping is 2.4b2_to-ipv6 (01/16/2002).
Exported Interfaces:
SUNWfping Uncommitted Package
name
/usr/bin/fping Committed Executable
location
fping Uncommitted
Commandline syntax
fping output - Not an
Interface
Doc Impact:
New man page: fping.8 (see case directory)
Security Impact:
The program uses a raw socket to communicate and requires root access
(geteuid() == 0).
References:
[1] http://fping.sourceforge.net/ - Home page
[2] 6636635 Integrate fping-2.4b2_to-ipv6 into Solaris
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
sfw
6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
