icmp Operation not permitted message on ping

[don fisher]

On 02/10/12 08:17, Kevin Martin wrote:
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> On 02/09/2012 03:20 PM, don fisher wrote:
>> Sorry to be back again. My mail and browser work, and I can ping as root. When I try to ping as a user I get:
>>
>> ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
>>
>> There is probably a group that I need to add to my profile, but it was not obvious to me. Suggestions welcome. Is there a way to
>> add groups to my account without using system-config-users?
>>
>> Where are these things documented?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don
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> Don, what are the permissions on /bin/ping (ls -al /bin/ping)?  Mine are set to 755 (-rwxr-xr-x) and ping works for me as non-root.
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> Kevin
My protections are the same as yours. As I read the error message, I 
think that the problem is not being able to open the socket.

ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted

Thanks,
don