ping check with packet size?

[Terry]

On 10/12/07, Rob Brown <dtownrobbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'll add it to check_icmp in a bit. We're doing a plugin overhaul atm,
> > and implementing that "currently ignored" option is on the todo. I can't
> > give an ETA though, as the work is as yet unplanned, so if check_fping
> > does the trick, you might want to use that one instead.
> >
> Thanks, Andreas. For now, I have check_fping working as desired, but would be
> nice to have that option with check_icmp in the future, since fping requires
> root privs. & I had to add it to sudoers to get it working.


Couldn't you create your own command that did something like:
/bin/ping -s 112 -c 1 localhost
?

Specifying the packet size doesn't require root privs, at least on linux.

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