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From: lumsdon@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Lumsdon)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Wollongong TCP/IP ping question, VMS
Message-ID: <2521@nems.dt.navy.mil>
Date: 10 Jul 90 12:46:30 GMT
References: <2509@nems.dt.navy.mil> <1990Jul9.210637.4761@Solbourne.COM>
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Reply-To: lumsdon@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Esther Lumsdon)
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In article <1990Jul9.210637.4761@Solbourne.COM> imp@dancer.Solbourne.COM (Warner Losh) writes:
>In article <2509@nems.dt.navy.mil> lumsdon@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Esther
>Lumsdon) writes:
>>Under VMS (version 5.2), what privileges does PING require?
>
>It requires CMKRNL and SYSPRV on all version of VMS and all version of
>WIN/TCP for VMS through at least 5.1.
>
>The problem is that Technical support gave you incomplete information.
>WIN/TCP PING requires that you have both CMKRNL and SYSPRV in order
>for certain calls that it makes to succeed.  If you don't have both of

Actually, in playing with it before I posted, it worked from my account
(not the system account) when I didn't install it, and gave myself only
the SYSPRV privilege above normal privs (tmpmbx, etc.). The problem
is that Wollongong Tech Support gave me just plain incorrect information.

Is it safe to install PING with SYSPRV privilege? Will it compromise
my system security? Does Wollongong's PING do anything other than sending
ping at target? Is Wollongong's PING code written such that it uses
SYSPRV carefully? I'll call Wollongong and ask these questions, and
post answers to the net in a week or so.

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