Laurent MARTIN wrote:
on *nix, you have to be root to open a 'raw' socket, which is what
ping uses (a raw socket of type ICMP).
Really? I'd never noticed this before: at the office, I'm able to
ping any machine I want from my normal user account. I'm going to ask
our IT chief for more details on how our accounts are configured for
this.
Thank you very much for your explanation!
your 'ping' program is likely set-uid root.
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