Here is the definitive word on using the gateway option (-g) to
traceroute under Solaris2.3 - you can't do it (easily). I asked:
> In article <CoFI0L.2p3@cfanews.harvard.edu>, paul@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Paul Grant) writes:
>
> Has anyone succeeded in creating a traceroute under Solaris2.3 that
> produces useful output when invoked with the gateway (-g) option? I've
> tried recompiling the so-called standard traceroute to run in
> compatibility mode, porting that forward to not use the compatibility
> stuff, and the code from opcom.sun.ca that was recently suggested in
> another post - the result in all cases is output full of "*" and nothing
> else:
and Denton Gentry sent me email:
>> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 23:08:21 +0800
>> From: Denny.Gentry@Eng.Sun.COM (Denton Gentry)
>> To: paul@head-cfa.harvard.edu
>> Subject: Re: Need traceroute for Solaris 2.3
>> Content-Length: 876
>> It appears that IP_OPTIONS on an IPPROTO_RAW socket are not properly
>> handled by icmp. Essentially the extra words for the loose source
>> route option that -g puts in the IP header do not make it out on the
>> wire. This is bugid #1153049, marked as fixed and integrated in
>> Solaris 2.4 prealpha10. The -g option to traceroute will not work on
>> Solaris 2.3.
>> Denny
I'll wait for Solaris2.4.
-paul
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