Hi Britton, On 03/06/16 09:56, Britton Kerin wrote: > On my old debian system I could ping as a normal user. The ping > binary had the suid bit set. Now I get: > > $ ping www.google.com > ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted > 2 $ > > presumably because the bit isn't set. > > What's the right fix? I could setuid it but then if I understand > correctly it might get changed back by an upgrade. Does it use > capabilites or something?
This is not you not being able to execute ping but ping not being able to ping. Check your firewall rules. cheers, Jan