Re: /tset/LSB.fhs/root/bin/bin-tc 45 failure - /bin/ping
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:21:20AM -0700, candee.hoecker@mscsoftware.com wrote:
> For security purposes, we removed the suid bit on our /bin/ping program and
> the /tset/LSB.fhs/root/bin/bin-tc 45 test now fails.
> Is there a reason the suid bit is expected to be set for /bin/ping?
Erm, it's useless for non-root users without setuid root? (you have
to have the capability of getting a raw socket, which requires
elevated privileges)
Cheers,
Matt
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