I got a response before I got my request back from the list. Go figure! ;)
Marc Heinzmann responded saying:
seems like your tracroute it not SUID
-> # chmod 1711 /usr/sbin/traceroute
Gee, you mean it doesn't have permission to get the socket? I'll thank you
while I hit my head against the wall. Thank you! (wham)
(In other words, "I should have noticed that!")
sam
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Washburn <samw_at_toccoafalls.edu>
To: alpha list <alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov>
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 8:49 AM
Subject: traceroute: icmp socket: Permission denied
> I first saw this happening when I installed packet filtering for the dhcp
>server I was setting up. Any ideas why I would get this error from
>traceroute?
>
>traceroute: icmp socket: Permission denied
>
>----
>Sam Washburn
>Unix SysAdm
>Toccoa Falls College
>samw_at_toccoafalls.edu
>
>
>
Received on Tue Aug 19 1997 - 16:38:16 NZST