ping problem

[Ed Greshko]

On 06/25/2012 01:21 PM, JD wrote:
> fc16 with latest updates.
>
> Pinging my gateway:
> $ ping 192.168.42.129
> ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
>
> Now as root:
>
> # ping 192.168.42.129
> PING 192.168.42.129 (192.168.42.129) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=3.53 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=2.65 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=2.83 ms
>
> When was this change put in place?
>

It hasn't......  I say this since everything works just fine for me on my fully
updated f16 system.

Assuming you have the default LS_COLORS defined when you do "ls /bin/ping" you should
see it listed in black on a red background. 

If not, something has *been* changed.

Now /bin/mount is in white on a red background which indicates the suid bit is set. 
I forget what black on a red background means.

I suppose the easiest way to fix the issue would be to....

yum reinstall iputils

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