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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!despina.neptune.com!usenet From: tom@neptune.com (Tom Techoueyres) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions Subject: Permission denied for a socket Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 16:57:56 GMT Organization: Neptune Internet Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <44p5o5$ikq@despina.neptune.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: luna.neptune.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1021 comp.unix.misc:18593 comp.unix.questions:70099 Hi, I have a pentium running BSDI. As root I can use the ping command, but my users get the following message when they try to use ping: ping: socket: permission denied Obviously it is a file permission problem but what file or socket? I will appreciate any help. Thank You Tom Techoueyres tom@neptune.com