b'Access denied. Option -c requires administrative privileges

Question

I am getting the below error in python when trying to use below line in code:

ping = subprocess.Popen(     ["ping", "-c", "3", host],

error:

b'Access denied. Option -c requires administrative privileges.\r\n..     

I am using Atom IDE and windows 10 laptop. How do I resolve this issue?

Answer 1

You need to use option -n while running the script on Windows. The following will work.

ping = subprocess.Popen(["ping", "-n", "3", host])