Bug 684737

Summary: problem with ping if not started with sudo or not as root.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Joachim Backes <joachim.backes>
Component: iputilsAssignee: Jiri Skala <jskala>
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: aglotov, jskala
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Description Joachim Backes 2011-03-14 11:47:52 UTC
Created attachment 484151 [details]
output of a ping strace

Description of problem:
In earlier Fedora versions I could ping some IP address without sudo or a previous su. In Fedora 15, pinging as normal user is rejected with:

ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iputils-20101006-7.fc15.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.ping localhost
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Actual results:
ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted


Expected results:
correct ping results

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Comment 1 Joachim Backes 2011-03-14 13:55:12 UTC
After rebooting my F15 box, I got rid of all ping problems: no more sudo needed for pinging some IP address. No explanation for this behaviour :-(