On 2007-08-31, Tom Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that I am getting this error because I am running > the application as a user and not as root. I would like to be > able to run this app. as a user. Is there a way to create a > socket without running the app. as root or sudo?
Yes. According to the raw(7) man page: ERRORS EPERM The user doesn't have permission to open raw sockets. Only pro- cesses with a effective user ID of 0 or the CAP_NET_RAW attribute may do that. Anticipating your next question: $ man capabilities -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Well, I'm INVISIBLE at AGAIN ... I might as well visi.com pay a visit to the LADIES ROOM ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list