[1.7] ping: socket: Operation not permitted

[Gustavo Seabra]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
<reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On 09/25/2009 09:10 AM, Gustavo Seabra wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have just installed a brand new cygwin installation. When I try to
>> ping anything from cygwin, I get the message above:
>>
>> $ ping 150.161.5.10
>> ping: socket: Operation not permitted
>>
>> If I try exactly the ssame from the command shell, it works:
>
> The difference is quite likely that you're using different pings.
>
>> Would anyone know why ping isn't working for me in cygwin? I have not
>> found any mention of it in the documentation. The most recent message
>> I find in the archives is about 2 years old:
>> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-12/msg00364.html
>>
>> But it says cygwin's ping should only work from an admin account, and
>> I have always been able to ping from cygwin using a regular user
>> account without any problems, so I don't believe that the problem here
>> is the same.
>
> Don't be so sure.  But without knowing at least your O/S, it's hard to be
> very adamant about it.  See below.
>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> Yes.  Read and follow the problem reporting guidelines given here:
>
>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Sorry, my bad. Here is the cygcheck.

I use Vista Ultimate, 32 bits.

Thanks,
Gustavo.
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