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From: Eric <eric@cisu.net>
To: Anshuman Singh Rawat <asr245@nyu.edu>
Cc: "linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org" <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: opening a port without root permission
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:34:49 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200406292134.49415.eric@cisu.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16a3a73169e674.169e67416a3a73@homemail.nyu.edu>

On Tuesday 29 June 2004 08:20 pm, Anshuman Singh Rawat wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there any way one can open a port, in my specific case - the ARP port,
> so that I could do an Arping without a root access ?
>
> Or is there any way the root could give permission to a user to open a port
> ?
>
> Or does anyone know a way by which I can extract the MAC address of a
> remote machine in a different subnet, where I do not have to be a
> super-user?
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.

sudo

This program will allow root to give normal users "root" access to specified 
programs with or without a password.

To see if its already installed do 

"man sudo"
or
"visudo" 


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-30  2:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-30  1:20 opening a port without root permission Anshuman Singh Rawat
2004-06-30  2:34 ` Eric [this message]
2004-06-30 16:39 ` getting MAC addresses (was: Re: opening a port without root permission) Ray Olszewski
2004-06-30 21:17   ` Eric

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