Bug 10090 - iputils should be made suid root
Bug#: 10090 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: x86
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: aliz@gentoo.org Reported By: mavos@bigfoot.com
Component: Unspecified
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Summary: iputils should be made suid root
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2002-11-02 05:33 0000
Description:   Opened: 2002-11-02 05:33 0000 
ping and traceroute are suid root. ping6 and traceroute6 from net-misc/iputils
are not suid root. ping ande traceroute work for normal user. ping6 and
traceroute6 do not. When made suid root, ping6 and traceroute6 work for normal
users. Perhaps they should be made suid root by the ebuild?

Also, ping is in /bin, traceroute is in /usr/bin, ping6 and traceroute6 are in
/usr/sbin - perhaps ping6 and traceroute6 should be in the same places as ping
and traceroute... or the other way around.

------- Comment #1 From Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) 2003-01-03 17:47:58 0000 ------- 
Fixed, thanks for pointing this out!

------- Comment #2 From Daniel Ahlberg (RETIRED) 2003-01-03 20:03:25 0000 ------- 
*** Bug 12338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

------- Comment #3 From solar 2004-01-12 10:17:59 0000 ------- 
When marking suids in src_install() please don't set mode 4755. 
mode 4711 is preferred. thanks.