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Re: ping must run as root?!



On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 10:49:41AM +0100 , Nils Jeppe wrote:
> 
> Did this nonsense creep in with today's update, or has it been so for a
> few days? ;-)

What nonsense? ping has always been setuid root. netbase registers it in it's
postinst

> bash-2.03$ ping cisco8
> ping: ping must run as root

ls -l /bin/ping ? Is netbase configured?

				Petr Cech
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