On: gping: Ping, but with a graph

[treve]

Weird! Not setuid on my ubuntu machine.

[unionpivo → treve]

It's because of linux capabilities specificly CAP_NET_RAW

How to check:

    $ getcap $(which ping)
    /usr/bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep

More about it on [1]

https://blog.container-solutions.com/linux-capabilities-in-p...

[jandrese → treve]

It is on my Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS machine:

  -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 64424 Jun 28  2019 /bin/ping

[treve → jandrese]

No longer on 20.10. Curious why it's different:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 76744 Aug 23 15:08 /bin/ping

[jandrese → treve]

Checked an Ubuntu 20 machine and you're right. Instead ping has an extended attribute:

  % getcap /bin/ping
  /bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep