Re: ping problem

[JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/25/2012 02:14 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 06/26/2012 01:32 AM, JD wrote:
> > On 06/25/2012 12:59 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > > On 06/25/2012 02:47 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > > > Actually.....strike all that.....   Or at least most of it.....  Need to rethink...
> > > OK....  *NOW* I do have it....
> > >
> > > The "correct" command is "getcap"
> > >
> > > root@f17 tmp]# getcap /bin/ping
> > > /bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep
> > >
> > > If nothing is returned from getcap then it isn't set....
> > After reinstall
> > $ getcap /bin/ping
> > /bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep
> >
> > and
> > $ sha256sum /bin/ping
> > b7eaaa776658fb9fff65dd927cc9480d39a3221129aceaa07d642ef6d9c33e4c  /bin/ping
> Then you are basically done....
>
> Now all you have to do is, since you've overwritten everything, is to sit around and
> scratch your head and ask.....  "Was the sha256sum correct before I reinstalled?  Was
> that ping command the "real" ping or was it dropped in by nefarious means?".
Well, call me paranoid if you like,
but your last bit is more along my line of suspicion,
only I lack the evidence and the means of discovering it.

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