Re: ping "Operation not permitted" on Windows 7

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 6/25/2010 3:07 AM, David Arnstein wrote:
> Using Windows 7 Professional, cygwin, mintty,and bash. All are up to date.
> I am getting this:
>      $ type ping
>      ping is hashed (/usr/bin/ping)
>      $ ping www.microsoft.com
>      ping: socket: Operation not permitted
>
> If I launch mintty "Run as administrator" from Windows, then no such
> problem occurs.
>
> I have tried re-installing the "ping" package via cygwin setup.exe. No
> improvement.
>
> Output from "cygcheck -s -v -r" attached. Any suggestions?

Cygwin's ping has always required administrative privileges to work.  If
this is not acceptable, the current work-around is to use the Windows
version of ping.

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
> > A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> > > Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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