* On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Juan Lang wrote:
>
> > Isn't there another way to do this than with SOCK_RAW, or having to
> > run wine as root?
>
> In answer to your second question: yes, modify the Linux kernel not
> to have such restrictions.
Well, there are already patches which modifies it in one
> Why can't the ping request be forwarded to the linux ping executable that I
> have the ability to run rather than trying to open a new raw socket which I
> don't have permission to do?
Patches always welcome.
--Juan
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:26:58
-0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: icmp states
I need to be running wine as root> CC: wine-devel@winehq.org>>> I can ping in
linux without being a superuser? Isn&#
> "EA" == EA Durbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
...
EA> I can ping in linux without being a superuser? Isn't there another
EA> way to do this than with SOCK_RAW, or having to run wine as root?
> ls -l /bin/ping
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 39496 25. Nov 2006 /bin/ping
ping is suid root. Ca
> I can ping in linux without being a superuser? Isn't there another way to do
> this than with SOCK_RAW, or having to run wine as root?
I think you mean the first sentence as a statement, not a question.
And yes you can, sort of: the ping executable is suid root. It runs
as root, regardless of
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:05:15
-0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: icmp states
I need to be running wine as root> CC: wine-devel@winehq.org>>>> I thought wine
was not to be run as root, is t
> > I thought wine was not to be run as root, is this not correct?
> It's not the ICMP you need to look at but "SOCK_RAW". This is not supported
> for regular users, only superuser.
So to be clear: we strongly recommend against running Wine as root.
But you sometimes need to run Wine as root in o
EA Durbin wrote:
> I tried to update the Ocean application as outlined in bug 8332 and got a
> message from the console stating I needed to be running as root for ICMP to
> work. I thought wine was not to be run as root, is this not correct?
>
> int sid=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_RAW,IPPROTO_ICMP);
>
I tried to update the Ocean application as outlined in bug 8332 and got a
message from the console stating I needed to be running as root for ICMP to
work. I thought wine was not to be run as root, is this not correct?
int sid=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_RAW,IPPROTO_ICMP);
if (sid < 0) {
