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From: Christian Kampka <christian@kampka.net>
Date: Sun, 08 May 2016 20:58:06 +0000
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Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] ping: ping is not a valid applet
To: Alba Pompeo <albapompeo@gmail.com>, alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
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You should be able to use ping as a non-root user by setting
the ping_group_range in sys/net/ipv4 to the appropriate group(s).
See 'man 7 icmp' for details.

Maybe we should figure out a sensible default we can supply with an
alpine-base installation.

Alba Pompeo <albapompeo@gmail.com> schrieb am So., 8. Mai 2016 um 22:31 Uhr:

> Nice workaround for now, thanks.
> I hope in the future it works on non-root user accounts too.
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Isaac Dunham <ibid.ag@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 01:36:17PM -0300, Alba Pompeo wrote:
> >> I'm on edge and receive this message when trying to ping an IP.
> >> ping: ping is not a valid applet
> >> Is there a fix?
> >> Thanks.
> >> Ciao.
> >
> > This is an issue I mentioned previously, where bbsuid no longer
> recognizes
> > ping as a valid command, but the symlink has not been updated to point to
> > busybox.
> >
> > Workaround:
> > rm -f /bin/ping && /bin/busybox --install -s
> >
> > Fix:
> > See attached patch.
> >
> > The sysctl settings shown are disabled/netdev (gid=28) only/everyone.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Isaac Dunham
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">You should be able to use ping as a non-root user by setti=
ng the=C2=A0ping_group_range in sys/net/ipv4 to the appropriate group(s).<d=
iv>See &#39;man 7 icmp&#39; for details.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe we =
should figure out a sensible default we can supply with an alpine-base inst=
allation.</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">Alba P=
ompeo &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:albapompeo@gmail.com">albapompeo@gmail.com</a>&=
gt; schrieb am So., 8. Mai 2016 um 22:31=C2=A0Uhr:<br></div><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pa=
dding-left:1ex">Nice workaround for now, thanks.<br>
I hope in the future it works on non-root user accounts too.<br>
<br>
On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Isaac Dunham &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ibid.ag@=
gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">ibid.ag@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; On Sun, May 08, 2016 at 01:36:17PM -0300, Alba Pompeo wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;m on edge and receive this message when trying to ping an IP=
.<br>
&gt;&gt; ping: ping is not a valid applet<br>
&gt;&gt; Is there a fix?<br>
&gt;&gt; Thanks.<br>
&gt;&gt; Ciao.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; This is an issue I mentioned previously, where bbsuid no longer recogn=
izes<br>
&gt; ping as a valid command, but the symlink has not been updated to point=
 to<br>
&gt; busybox.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Workaround:<br>
&gt; rm -f /bin/ping &amp;&amp; /bin/busybox --install -s<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Fix:<br>
&gt; See attached patch.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The sysctl settings shown are disabled/netdev (gid=3D28) only/everyone=
.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; HTH,<br>
&gt; Isaac Dunham<br>
<br>
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