> > Being quite new to Linux, I'm having a slight problem trying to patch the
> > kernel to fix the ping problem. I apply the patch with the below result,
> > the patch doesn't work, as the computer will still hang.
> >
> > Here is what I'm typing:
> >
> > cat /usr/src/ping_patch | patch -p0
>
> Add the `-l' option to the patch command.
Another problem many people may have is that the patch was generated
within the linux/net/ipv4/ directory, and so the full path of the file to
patch is not totally obvious.
I've put up my modified version of Alan Cox's fix at
ftp://ftp.fdt.net:/pub/People/fubar/linux/patches/kernel/pingme2.diff
In fact, this is Alan's patch, with 2 changes. It has fullish paths in
the diff statement, so it's more obvious how to apply it, and it logs
attempts to crash your box. I caught someone "testing" one of our big
servers only an hour after booting up with the patch.
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