On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 02:11:09PM +0000, Bill Oliver wrote: > On Wed, 13 Feb 2013, Ed Greshko wrote: > >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 [...] I guess this would work too. I wasn't aware there were no dependencies for tcping. Since usually home directories are cross mounted on all machines on our cluster, putting the binary in home should be fine. > I'm a little hesitant to chime in, since I screwed up last time, but > that brings up a question. In reading this thread, my first thought was > "Well, if this guy wants GNU netcat, why not just download GNU netcat?" Well, compiling my own means I need devel packages installed. They are not always available. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
