using icmp in a c code

Hy All,

When I use icmp in my c code it works fine.

As I moved it into antother computer I received nothing back. Or I received back echo messages if I started a "ping "something"" command from the consol. During the ping command was running my code was working fine.

I thought it is because of the firewall, but it is not probably.
I use own socket and create ip and icmp packeges. What is the common point in case of ping and in my application? What does ping set what I did not?

Do you have any idea?

Tamas

Working on Linux / Unix? Ping is often installed "setuid root", which means it has root privileges for anything it does. Your program probably doesn't. On Linux, you need to have root privileges to send ICMP messages (because they can be used to terminate connections and all sorts of other trouble if you're not careful).

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Originally Posted by ledow

Working on Linux / Unix? Ping is often installed "setuid root", which means it has root privileges for anything it does. Your program probably doesn't. On Linux, you need to have root privileges to send ICMP messages (because they can be used to terminate connections and all sorts of other trouble if you're not careful).

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I am in linux.
I have no problem with privileges.
It is interesting. I copied my code from my application into a new emty code and it is works. It seems me my application does not send out my messsages, because as I run the single code I receive messages in my application too. So the receiving is good in my code.

My application uses another socket to manage that application. Maybe ican it cause problem? I receive the same return messages when I use my application or the single code.

Tamas

Hello, I got here:

Code:

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main(){

//my code

}

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the above works and the below does not:

Code:

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main(){
foo()
}

foo(){
//my code
}

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and the erros is not during the compiling. it sends a message and waits for it without success as the normal code does. But i think it does not send message., however I receive no error and no errno.

Hy,

I found the source of the problem. I think it is with the optimalization during the compile process. As I change it in the single file I can reproduce the same error. Without optimalization it does not work. But i cannot optimalize it in my another application yet.