Question

I have been trying to use the raw socket in my machine under windows xp sp2. since there is no admin privilege for my user i am getting error while trying to create a sock_raw socket. does anyone know the specific privilege under Active directory or group policy so that i can ask our administrator to grant me the same?

thanks in advance,
Hari

Answer 1

According to MSDN:

[O]nly members of the Administrators group can create sockets of type SOCK_RAW on Windows 2000 and later.

You need to be a member of the Administrators group. There is no specific Active Directory privilege, you just need to be in the group.