Re: ping: sendto: Permission denied

Fuzzy Fox (fox@dallas.net)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:06:15 -0600

Michael Mess <michael@kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>
> ping: sendto: Permission denied
>
> What could be the reason for this behavior?

You will get this if you try to ping the broadcast address.

Check your netmask/broadcast settings on the interface.

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