On 5/29/19, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 04:18:51PM -0500, Jason wrote: >> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 08:12:32AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> > While I didn't mention it in this thread, ping had indeed somehow lost >> > its capabilities on my system. 'dpkg-reconfigure iputils-ping' fixed >> > it. >> >> That worked for me (I'm not the OP) with Stretch on an ARM board. Before >> running the above command, I could only ping as root or using sudo, now >> I can ping as a normal user. Thanks! > > How did you install this system? Because /bin/ping is supposed to > come with file capabilities such that the user can allow it to do > what it needs to do (this is part of what 'dpkg-reconfigure > iputils-ping' restores). So it would be interesting to know how the > system was installed in case there is a general theme for those who > never got those capabilities. > > One other person in this thread said they used (a script which > ultimately uses) debootstrap.
Was sitting here reading through before responding. Debootstrap. I JUST seconds ago finished running the first step, the initial download and install, for that again. *having to rebuild my dotDeb cache, don't wanna talk about it, smacking my head!* Just searched and "iputils-ping" is already installed at the absolute bare minimum debootstrap base level. I really didn't think that package was installed because I don't ever remember encountering that package name. That "ping" part would stand out to me, but it never has... until just now. So, yeah, at least for Debootstrap. "iputils-ping" is in there at the absolute very first start where the Developers have picked the very first packages that get the party started before the User then picks everything else... Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * Base system installed successfully. Works every time... as long as... APT archives are not... cough.. symlinked instead of "mount -B". *
