low level ethernet device access in linux

2007-08-31 Thread Tom Brown
Hi, I have a windows application, written in delphi, that communicates to our devices using raw ethernet frames. I am trying to port this application to linux using python. However, when I try to open a socket, I get this error: File /home/tbrown/projects/discovery/trunk/comm.py, line 9, in

Re: low level ethernet device access in linux

2007-08-31 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-08-31, Tom Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand that I am getting this error because I am running the application as a user and not as root. I would like to be able to run this app. as a user. Is there a way to create a socket without running the app. as root or sudo? Yes.