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   Message 12,836 of 14,669   
   Barry Margolin to David Schwartz   
   Re: UDP socket && sendto && EPERM   
   06 May 09 00:16:42   
   
   bc4857cf   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article   
   <6151d67e-4d5b-40ec-a02e-431aac226948@j18g2000prm.googlegroups.com>,   
    David Schwartz  wrote:   
      
   > 2) If you don't like the EPERM error, ignore it. The kernel is trying   
   > to be nice and telling you that your packet wasn't sent because, by   
   > sheer luck, it happens to know this. If this confuses you or causes   
   > you problems, fine, pretend you don't know it. The kernel is not   
   > required to tell you there's a problem, so pretend it didn't if   
   > finding out bothers you.   
      
   Do you know this for a fact, or are you just guessing?  Why does it   
   return this error code in that case, surely there must be a more   
   appropriate code, since this has nothing to do with permissions.   
      
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   Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu   
   Arlington, MA   
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