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Date:      Sun, 17 Sep 2000 23:43:54 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Mike <mike@mikesweb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: socket 
Message-ID:  <200009172243.e8HMhsm03795@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Mike <mike@mikesweb.com>  of "Sun, 17 Sep 2000 18:37:54 EDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20000917183721.0f6e5e48@mail.mikesweb.com> 

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> What would I have disabled that would cause normal users to get the 
> following message when trying to use ping or traceroute.
> ping: socket: Operation not permitted

Your firewall ?  If you've got a firewall configured, it usually 
defaults to rejecting everything.

> Thanks
> Mike

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !




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