Dear Managers
Many thanks to all the very many prompt replies I had to my question
which was:
> I'm getting error messages from 'socket' when using commands
> such as 'ping' and 'rlogin'. For example:
>
> % ping a.root-servers.net
> ping: socket: Permission denied
> %
>
> and
>
> % rlogin alston
> rcmd: socket: Permission denied
> %
>
> This occurs when logged on as a normal user. When logged on as
> root, the commands work OK.
>
> I'm guessing I have change some permissions somewhere, but I
> sure don't know where !
>
> The machine is a Sparc running Solaris 2.5.1.
As almost everyone said, the problem was due to the 'ping' and 'rlogin'
executables having lost their 'SUID root' file permissions. They should be
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root 18648 Jun 15 1996 /usr/sbin/ping*
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root 28800 May 3 1996 /usr/bin/login*
Thanks Again
Chris
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