##### WORKAROUND #####
rbeisner@132-5:/bin$ ls -alh ping
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44K Mar 15 01:24 ping
rbeisner@132-5:/bin$ sudo chmod u+s ping
rbeisner@132-5:/bin$ ls -alh ping
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 44K Mar 15 01:24 ping
##### SYSTEM INFO #####
Installed from amd64 server ISO 2014-APR-07.
rbeisner@132-5:~$ dpkg -l | grep iputils
ii iputils-ping 3:20121221-4ubuntu1 amd64
Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
ii iputils-tracepath 3:20121221-4ubuntu1 amd64
Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
rbeisner@132-5:~$ uname -a
Linux 132-5 3.13.0-23-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 4 06:58:38 UTC 2014 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
rbeisner@132-5:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1302192
Title:
ping is not setuid root
Status in “iputils” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “iputils” source package in Trusty:
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
[~]$
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