On Oct 20 14:42, Siegmar Gross wrote: > Hi, > > "ping" doesn't work for a normal user. Although this problem was reported > several times, I couldn't find a solution. Therefore I try once more with > additional information (at least I haven't seen some of my info in the > other mails). > > When I login as Administrator everything is fine (was reported in other > mails as well). > [...]
Sorry to say that but it's not new. The Cygwin ping uses raw ip, which is only available to admins. Normal users shouldn't use /bin/ping or /usr/bin/ping, but `cygpath -u $SYSTEMROOT`/system32/ping instead. > Now something new. A normal user can use "ping" from windows without > problems, so that in my opinion it is not a general problem for a > user. That's because a native Windows user calls ping from $SYSTEMROOT\system32. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
