Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:16:11 +0100 From: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ping Error Question Message-ID: <mspscDA751J3Ewbk@i-zone.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990421222306.00794b50@mail.trlinks.com> References: <3.0.6.32.19990421222306.00794b50@mail.trlinks.com>
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In article <3.0.6.32.19990421222306.00794b50@mail.trlinks.com>, Rhavenn StormWing <lists@rhavenn.net> writes >I just got pppd to work right and now when I try and ping >anything(including the localhost) I get this error: > >ping: sendto: Permission denied (this is repeated over and over) > >I am running FreeBSD3.1 . I have my resolv.conf file set to my ISP's >nameserver which I thought was about it >to get IP address mapping. > >Could someone explain to me what that error message means and point me in >the right direction to solving it? > > >Thanks for any help in advance! :) > wherever ping lives is not in your path. Locate ping, go to the directory, and then ./ping localhost what is the output of set from your shell? echo $PATH will give you the same answer. -- John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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