Re: make ping executable by normal users?
Hi Britton,
On 03/06/16 09:56, Britton Kerin wrote:
> On my old debian system I could ping as a normal user. The ping
> binary had the suid bit set. Now I get:
>
> $ ping www.google.com
> ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
> 2 $
>
> presumably because the bit isn't set.
>
> What's the right fix? I could setuid it but then if I understand
> correctly it might get changed back by an upgrade. Does it use
> capabilites or something?
This is not you not being able to execute ping but ping not being able
to ping.
Check your firewall rules.
cheers,
Jan
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