Bug 811084 - Ping loses it capabilities flag
Summary: Ping loses it capabilities flag
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Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: iputils
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jan Synacek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-10 03:56 UTC by Kevin Clevenger
Modified: 2012-05-09 11:24 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-05-09 11:24:33 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Kevin Clevenger 2012-04-10 03:56:05 UTC 
Description of problem:
Ping loses it capabilities somehow. When this happens only root can use ping.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 16 KDE spin

How reproducible:
Not sure.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ???
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Actual results:
getcap /bin/ping = null

Expected results:
getcap /bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep

Additional info:
No idea what's causing this, but it's happened twice so far.

Sorry - not a very helpful report.
Comment 1 Jan Synacek 2012-05-09 11:24:33 UTC 
> Sorry - not a very helpful report.

That's true. I'm closing this report.

If you find out how to reliably reproduce the issue, please do reopen and add specific information.
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