On 02/13/2013 06:24 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Installing anything is out of the question since I do not have admin > rights in any of these other machines. > > I guess checking for installed packages is the only option left now. It is *not* out of the question. tcping doesn't need system privileges. Download the tcping rpm... Then.... For example do this... [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm2cpio tcping-1.3.5-7.fc18.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idv ./usr/bin/tcping ./usr/share/doc/tcping-1.3.5 ./usr/share/doc/tcping-1.3.5/LICENSE ./usr/share/doc/tcping-1.3.5/README 43 blocks Now, since I keep user specific binaries in ~/bin [egreshko@meimei ~]$ mv ./usr/bin/tcping bin/ [egreshko@meimei ~]$ bin/tcping -t 1 imap.gmail.com 993 imap.gmail.com port 993 open. -- Don't be bullied by the judgmental grammar and spelling police. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org