nonadmin

Missing classes in WMI when non-admin

I'd like to be able to see Win32_PhysicalMedia information when logged in as a Limited User in XP (not admin rights). It works ok when logged in as Admin, WMIDiag has just given a clean bill of health, and Win32_DiskDrive class produces information correctly, but Win32_PhysicalMedia produces a count of 0 for this code set WMI = GetObjec...

How is it possible to run a traceroute-like program without needing root privileges?

I have seen another program provide traceroute functionality within it but without needing root (superuser) privileges? I've always assumed that raw sockets need to be root, but is there some other way? (I think somebody mentioned "supertrace" or "tracepath"?) Thanks! ...