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From: gertjan@westc.UUCP (Gertjan van Oosten)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.os.vms
Subject: WIN/TCP for VMS, ping and privileges [repost]
Summary: What privileges are needed for WIN/TCP ping for VMS?
Keywords: ping priv win tcp vms
Message-ID: <1244@westc.UUCP>
Date: 14 Aug 90 11:35:01 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: West Consulting, Delft, The Netherlands
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Status: OR

I remember reading in one of these groups (being: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,
comp.os.vms) that some privileges were necessary for the 'ping' command for
WIN/TCP for VMS to be able to be run successfully.
The reason for this, was that ping uses raw sockets to achieve its goal.

What I forgot (to remember and to save) is:

"What exactly are these privileges?"

If someone could please enlighten me, I would be very grateful.

Sincerely,
-- Gertjan van Oosten, gertjan@westc.uucp  OR  mcsun!hp4nl!westc!gertjan
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