On Tuesday 28 August 2007 14:49, Jeff D shared this with us all: >--} iOn Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Charlie wrote: >--} >--} > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 13:33, Ron Johnson shared this with us all: >--} >> --} On 08/27/07 22:21, Charlie wrote: >--} >> --} > Never having used ping, and not really understanding the man > page for --} >> it:- --} > >--} >> --} > When I ping my modem: >--} >> --} > >--} >> --} > what command/option/s should I use? >--} >> --} > Is the following a normal reply from a satellite modem to > ping:- --} >> --} > >--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted >--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted >--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted >--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted >--} >> --} > ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted >--} >> --} >--} >> --} What's a *satellite* modem? >--} >> --} >--} >> --} Are you referring to POTS modem, cable modem or ADSL modem? >--} >> --} >--} >> --} Broadband *modems* do not have IP addresses. (But they do have > MAC --} >> --} addresses.) Only if it is a combo modem-router will it have > an IP --} >> --} address. >--} > >--} > A modem that connects to the Ipstar satellite for the Internet > connection, --} > through a satellite dish on my roof. I suppose the don't > have these sort of --} > things other than in the bush of Australia. >--} > >--} > But thanks anyway. >--} > Charlie >--} > >--} > -- >--} >--} It sounds like your ping command is not setuid root. You can check by >--} doing a ls -la /bin/ping , normally the permissions will be -rwsr-xr-x >--} owned by root:root. The s in there stands for setuid and since its > owned --} by root, it gets executed as root, which you need to send out > pings as a --} normal user. To change it you can : >--} sudo chmod 4755 /bin/ping >--} after that you should be able to use ping as a normal user. >--} >--} hth >--} jeff
Thank you for your reply This command showed:- $ ls -la /bin/ping -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30788 2007-07-17 02:00 /bin/ping Used your command as suggested:- # chmod 4755 /bin/ping Then to check: # chmod -v 4755 /bin/ping mode of `/bin/ping' retained as 4755 (rwsr-xr-x) Then pinged again and received: ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted But it might require a reboot to make ping work properly? Thank you, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Getting bored is not allowed. -------------------- ELOISE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
