Listings Question About Ping

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 22:59 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: 
> 
> Am 23.12.2011 22:52, schrieb Aaron Konstam:
> >>> I guess I am thick because I can't understand the explanation in the web
> >>> page above. An example or two might have helped.
> >>
> >> you need to understand what SETUID and CAPABILITIES are
> >> what examples are you expecting? these are technics
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid
> >> http://kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man7/capabilities.7.html
> > 
> > Examples of a specific capability replaces a setuid. You web pages were
> > of more help.
> 
> [harry at srv-rhsoft:~]$ getcap /bin/ping
> /bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep
I see the cap_net_raw in man capabilities. But what does the +ep do? 



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