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-rw-r--r--networking/ping.c19
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/networking/ping.c b/networking/ping.c
index 5d71fe8cc..5e4771f5a 100644
--- a/networking/ping.c
+++ b/networking/ping.c
@@ -168,22 +168,9 @@ create_icmp_socket(void)
#endif
sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 1); /* 1 == ICMP */
if (sock < 0) {
- if (errno != EPERM)
- bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket);
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
- /* We don't have root privileges. Try SOCK_DGRAM instead.
- * Linux needs net.ipv4.ping_group_range for this to work.
- * MacOSX allows ICMP_ECHO, ICMP_TSTAMP or ICMP_MASKREQ
- */
-#if ENABLE_PING6
- if (lsa->u.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
- sock = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
- else
-#endif
- sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 1); /* 1 == ICMP */
- if (sock < 0)
-#endif
- bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root);
+ if (errno == EPERM)
+ bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_perm_denied_are_you_root);
+ bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_can_not_create_raw_socket);
}
xmove_fd(sock, pingsock);