On 02/10/2012 08:10 AM, don fisher wrote: > On 02/10/12 11:15, Rick Stevens wrote: >> On 02/10/2012 05:08 AM, don fisher wrote: >>> On 02/10/12 08:17, Kevin Martin wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 02/09/2012 03:20 PM, don fisher wrote: >>>>> Sorry to be back again. My mail and browser work, and I can ping as >>>>> root. When I try to ping as a user I get: >>>>> >>>>> ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted >>>>> >>>>> There is probably a group that I need to add to my profile, but it >>>>> was not obvious to me. Suggestions welcome. Is there a way to >>>>> add groups to my account without using system-config-users? >>>>> >>>>> Where are these things documented? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Don >>>> >>>> Don, what are the permissions on /bin/ping (ls -al /bin/ping)? Mine >>>> are set to 755 (-rwxr-xr-x) and ping works for me as non-root. >>>> >>>> Kevin >>> Yesterday I built a new system on another disk that allows ping to work >>> as expected. My system crashed once,o a few thing must have been >>> "disturbed". I was trying to figure out how t repair it. >> >> Smells like an selinux thing. Check your logs to see if you're getting >> AVC denials. If so, you may need to relabel. > Rick, > Where are the seliunx messages logged? I looked in /var/log/secure and the only thing I saw was a notice of when I used sudo to > test ping. What would I need to relabel? I am a dunce on security issues. > > Thanks > don if you've got strace installed you could strace the execution of the ping command and that should show you when it fails and why as well. Kevin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org