icmp Operation not permitted message on ping

[Scott Doty]

On 02/09/2012 01:20 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

Check your capabilities for /bin/ping:

Here I have:

_[/home/scott]_(scott at eva)_
$ getcap /bin/ping
/bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep

 -Scott