host ping
Tests whether DCE processes are accessible from the network. The syntax is:
host ping host_name
Description
The host ping operation tests whether DCE processes are accessible from the network. It contacts the endpoint mapper (either rpcd or
dced, whatever listens on port 135) on the specified host. The host_name argument is the fully-qualified name of the host to ping as in the following:
/.:/hosts/hostname
The operation returns a 1 if the host responds, 0 if it does not.
Privileges Required
No special privileges are required for the host ping command.
Examples
The following example pings host hydra:
dcecp> host ping /.:/hosts/hydra
1
dcecp>