Need help creating a raw socket in Python

Question

I am using Python 2.7. I have tried everything and it is not connecting. The error I get is:

Socket could not be created. Error Code : 10013 Message An attempt was 
    made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.

I am making a ping.

def doOnePing(destAddr, timeout):
    icmp = socket.getprotobyname("icmp")
    # SOCK_RAW is a powerful socket type. For more details see: 
    # http://sock-raw.org/papers/sock_raw
    # Fill in start
    # Create Socket here
    try:
        #mySocket = socket.socket(2, 3, 1)
        # the public network interface
        HOST = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())

        # create a raw socket and bind it to the public interface
        mySocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_RAW, socket.IPPROTO_IP)
        mySocket.bind((HOST, 0))

        # Include IP headers
        mySocket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_HDRINCL, 1)

        # receive all packages
        mySocket.ioctl(socket.SIO_RCVALL, socket.RCVALL_ON)

        # receive a package
        print mySocket.recvfrom(65565)

        print ('Connected by', destAddr)
    except socket.error , msg:
        print ('Socket could not be created. Error Code : ' + str(msg[0]) + 
              ' Message ' + msg[1])
    #Fill in end

Are you running your script as root? Creating raw sockets is usually a privileged operation. — robertklep
– robertklep, Commented Oct 5, 2013 at 17:56
You'll have to run this script as an administrator. I'm pretty sure you want to pass icmp as the third argument to socket.socket(). — Ivo
– Ivo, Commented Oct 5, 2013 at 18:14

aychedee · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-05 18:13:30Z

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Try running your script as a privileged user. The root user on Linux would be appropriate.

answered Oct 5, 2013 at 18:13

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2 Comments

Ivo Over a year ago

I think they're on Windows, otherwise their script wouldn't be using socket.ioctl.

user2847851 Over a year ago

i am on Windows, sorry

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