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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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