#12427 NORM 13.1.0: ping only works as root

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#12427: ping only works as root
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 Reporter:  godiard  |                 Owner:  pbrobinson   
     Type:  defect   |                Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal   |             Milestone:  13.1.0       
Component:  distro   |               Version:  not specified
 Keywords:           |           Next_action:  diagnose     
 Verified:  0        |   Deployment_affected:               
Blockedby:           |              Blocking:               
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 If you do

 {{{
 ping www.google.com
 }}}

 as olpc user, you get a error "ping: cap_set_proc: Operation not
 permitted". If you run the same as root, works ok.

 Reported in http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-
 devel/2012-December/041320.html and tested in os20 xo-4.

 This thread looks relevant
 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2012-February/413639.html

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