icmp Operation not permitted message on ping

[Rick Stevens]

On 02/10/2012 05:08 AM, don fisher wrote:
> On 02/10/12 08:17, Kevin Martin wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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.

Smells like an selinux thing.  Check your logs to see if you're getting
AVC denials.  If so, you may need to relabel.
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