X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-IronPort-AV: i="4.05,177,1146463200"; d="scan'208"; a="7656192:sNHT26765543" Message-ID: From: jon.w.thomas@L-3com.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: george.b.milner@L-3com.com, michael.a.mcintire@L-3com.com, david.f.macaulay@L-3com.com, mark.baranowski@L-3com.com, mervin.v.jones@L-3com.com, michael.g.petty@L-3com.com Subject: Cygwin ping from restricted acct yields "recvfrom: Invalid argume nt" Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:08:43 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Here's a strange problem from Cygwin ver 1.5.19 (0.150/4/2) under Windows2000 (v5.00.2195): If I run a simple ping (even ping localhost) from a Windows account that is classified by Windows as a "Restricted user (Users Group)", I get: ping: recvfrom: Invalid argument repeated over & over in rapid succession til I hit Ctrl-C. But if I ping from either of my two administrator-type accounts, it pings fine. My ping path is using /usr/bin/ping.exe Any ideas? For now I will just force my path to use the Windows ping instead (which is what Cygwin v1.5.18 uses). Thanks Jon Thomas Staff Software Lead Engineer ph: 801-594-2992 Comm Systems West L-3 Communications 640 No. 2200 W. PO Box 16850 SLC UT 84116-0850 This document contains information which must be protected IAW AFI 33-332 and DOD Regulation 5400.11; Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended applies. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/