> 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?
I don't know if HP-UX honors the s-bit (if 4000 means suid) when
running ntping as root. If it does the ownership maybe wrong.
Another guess is: Maybe ntping was started from a NFS mounted
partition mounted with nosuid option making the s-bits useless...
Erik