icmp Operation not permitted message on ping

[don fisher]

On 02/10/12 11:15, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 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.
Rick,
Where are the seliunx messages logged? I looked in /var/log/secure and 
the only thing I saw was a notice of when I used sudo to test ping. What 
would I need to relabel? I am a dunce on security issues.

Thanks
don