ping problem

[JD]

On 06/25/2012 02:14 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 06/26/2012 01:32 AM, JD wrote:
>> On 06/25/2012 12:59 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> On 06/25/2012 02:47 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> Actually.....strike all that.....   Or at least most of it.....  Need to rethink...
>>> OK....  *NOW* I do have it....
>>>
>>> The "correct" command is "getcap"
>>>
>>> root at f17 tmp]# getcap /bin/ping
>>> /bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep
>>>
>>> If nothing is returned from getcap then it isn't set....
>>>
>> After reinstall
>> $ getcap /bin/ping
>> /bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep
>>
>> and
>> $ sha256sum /bin/ping
>> b7eaaa776658fb9fff65dd927cc9480d39a3221129aceaa07d642ef6d9c33e4c  /bin/ping
>>
>>
> Then you are basically done....
>
> Now all you have to do is, since you've overwritten everything, is to sit around and
> scratch your head and ask.....  "Was the sha256sum correct before I reinstalled?  Was
> that ping command the "real" ping or was it dropped in by nefarious means?".
>
Well, call me paranoid if you like,
but your last bit is more along my line of suspicion,
only I lack the evidence and the means of discovering it.