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

I just did a dist-upgrade today and ping is still suid root and
working fine...  (ping must be suid root to work, at least until its
changed to used capabilities)

chmod u+s /bin/ping should fix things for you. 

-- 
Ethan Benson


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