[bug #66184] ping6 requires raw sockets and thus special privileges

Erik Auerswald <[email protected]> Sat, 7 Sep 2024 13:34:33 -0400 (EDT)

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                 Summary: ping6 requires raw sockets and thus special
privileges
                   Group: GNU Networking Utilities
               Submitter: auerswal
               Submitted: Sat 07 Sep 2024 07:34:29 PM CEST
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any


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Date: Sat 07 Sep 2024 07:34:29 PM CEST By: Erik Auerswald <auerswal>
While ping for IPv4 falls back to use an ICMP datagram socket if it cannot
open a raw socket, ping6 for IPv6 does not.







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