On 12/03/2009 07:35 PM, Robert Pendell wrote:
Whenever I use ping it returns the message socket: Operation not permitted. This only happens if I am not running the shell as an administrator otherwise it works fine.. The windows stock ping command doesn't need admin rights to run. I am running Windows 7 and cygwin 1.7. Attached is my cygcheck output.
Yep. Known issue. Actually, the only reason Cygwin still has its own ping is some people prefer it over the Windows version (and the complaints against it have been low volume). Anyway, this is the long way of saying "That's the way it works and it's unlikely to change". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
