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
>
> 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.
>
> Kevin
Yesterday I built a new system on another disk that allows ping to work 
as expected. My system crashed once,o a few thing must have been 
"disturbed". I was trying to figure out how t repair it.

Thanks
Don

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