icmp Operation not permitted message on ping

[Rick Stevens]

On 02/10/2012 11:19 AM, Kevin Martin wrote:
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> On 02/10/2012 08:10 AM, don fisher wrote:
>> 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.

They'd be in /var/log/messages if that's what's happening.  You can 
"touch /.autorelabel" to force a full autorelabel on reboot.  That can
take some time.
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