Re: Unable to use IP Discovery on Tkined

Bustamam Harun (bustamam@toystory.studio.sgi.com)
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 15:18:48 -0700

On Apr 26, 3:48pm, Harichandran Sukerathavan wrote:
> Subject: Unable to use IP Discovery on Tkined
> I am a new user to tkined and scotty. Very impressive tool and would like
> to take my hats off to its creator.
>
> I have been trying to use the IP Discover tool on tkined but I am getting
> the following error:
>
> ntping: warning: running with euid 2 -- not with root permissions
> ntping : warning: expect missing permissions getting the icmp socket
> ntping: cannot get icmp socket; reason: Permission denied.
>
> FYI, I am running on a HP 715/75 with HP-UX ver 9.03.
>
> Even tried it out as root, but got the same error. The permission for
> ntping has been set as 4755. Any pointers what is causing this problem?

You prolly want 6755, like I mention in my previous reply.

Good luck.

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