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.
