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Subject: Re: Cygwin's ping requires privilege elevation.
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From: Marco Atzeri <marco DOT atzeri AT gmail DOT com>
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On 03/09/2015 03:27, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, All!
>
> I had this issue running for some time, but recently I've (with a little help
> from my friends) stumbled upon another Cygwin rip-off, and the hack they
> implemented to get around this issue. (Yes, they just renamed the ping.exe to
> cygping.)
>
> I understand, that some of the ping functionality, indeed, require raw device
> access, but if it is possible to avoid elevated calls for basic functions,
> that would be highly appreciated.
>

Yes, it is a know limitation of raw socket
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-12/msg00164.html

https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC

Regards
Marco


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