Yes. Ping needs admin rights in all operating systems, but they have various ways to allow access, such as running suid in unix or using a special API call on Windows. If you need ping from cygwin, it's best to rely on the Windows version without installing the cygwin one.
~ Brian On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Ray Satiro <raysat...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I just used the cygwin installer to install ping-1.0.2-1.tar.xz but it > doesn't work for limited user accounts: > > $ ping google.com > ping: socket: Operation not permitted > > 149 29930 [main] ping 11668 dup_ent: duping protoent "icmp", 0xD56580 > 46 29976 [main] ping 11668 dup_ent: protoent icmp 0x80039F64 0x1 > 21 29997 [main] ping 11668 dup_ent: duped protoent "icmp", 0x80039F50 > 21 30018 [main] ping 11668 cygwin_socket: socket (2, 3 (flags 0x0), 1) > --- Process 11668 loaded C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WSHTCPIP.DLL at 73BB0000 > 1084 31102 [main] ping 11668 __set_errno: void > __set_winsock_errno(const char*, int):235 setting errno 1 > 37 31139 [main] ping 11668 __set_winsock_errno: cygwin_socket:694 > - winsock error 10013 -> errno 1 > 57 31196 [main] ping 11668 cygwin_socket: -1 = socket(2, 3 (flags > 0x0), 1), errno 1 > > > > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
