ping in c as nonroot

[Philipp Plaenitz]

hello,

is out there any tutorial for writting a c/cpp program,
that can ping an other computer WITHOUT having suid state.

for the moment i only get working raw socket as root.

many thanx


ppl

 

[Joona I Palaste]

hello,

is out there any tutorial for writting a c/cpp program,
that can ping an other computer WITHOUT having suid state.

for the moment i only get working raw socket as root.

The ISO standard C language does not define "ping", "suid state", "raw
sockets" or "root". In fact it does not even define "other computers".
Please ask in comp.unix.programmer.

 

[Igmar Palsenberg]

is out there any tutorial for writting a c/cpp program,
that can ping an other computer WITHOUT having suid state.

for the moment i only get working raw socket as root.

So the answer is : The isn't.



Igmar

 

[Jens.Toerring]

So the answer is : The isn't.

No, not necessarily, it's just that you asked the question in the
wrong newgroup. Most people usually don't admit to knowing any-
thing here about C++, networking or what "suid state" or root
accounts are since the topic of this group is the C programming
language which does not have any build-in support for networking
or must be used on an OS were "suid state" or root accounts are
available. And for C++ there's another group. Sorry.

You probably should try comp.unix.programmer if the "suid state"
and root account bits aren't misleading me (but I guess I don't
really have to tell you about that group since you have already
posted there).
Regards, Jens

 

[Igmar Palsenberg]

hello,

is out there any tutorial for writting a c/cpp program,
that can ping an other computer WITHOUT having suid state.

for the moment i only get working raw socket as root.

See http://www.planet-lab.org/raw_sockets/api.html, if you can live with
the limitations. There not true raw sockets, but better as nothing.



Igmar