[wplug] icmp sockets and regular users

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

On Wednesday 17 September 2003 16:48, Russ Schneider wrote:
> I'm getting the following error when using ping or traceroute from a
> normal (non root) user:
>
> ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
>
> How do I set permissions for regular users to use these?  (Mandrake
> 9.1)

chmod +s `which ping` && chmod +s `which traceroute`

-A
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