Ubuntu Server Trusty daily build 2014-APR-07 exhibits this symptom. Can't ping as a user, only as super user.
$ ping google.com $ ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted $ sudo ping google.com executes and pings as originally expected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to iputils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302192 Title: ping is not setuid root Status in “iputils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ping is not longer setuid root and I have to ping as root: [~]$ ping kubuntu.org ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted [~]$ sudo ping kubuntu.org PING kubuntu.org (91.189.94.156) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from vostok.canonical.com (91.189.94.156): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=52.2 ms --- kubuntu.org ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 52.231/52.231/52.231/0.000 ms [~]$ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iputils/+bug/1302192/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
