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Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range

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On Jan 02, Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> wrote:

> I personally would prefer giving the administrator a way to change that.
> Maybe add a low priority debconf question with a "ping is not setuid"
> default, then mention that debconf setting in a comment in the file that
> the package installs in the sysctl.d/ directory.
Please don't. There are already way too many debconf questions and this 
one would be totally pointless: anybody who cares to change the default
can just locally override the /usr/lib/sysctl.d/ file with a drop-in in 
/etc/sysctl.d/ .

> Other than that, I think making ping not setuid is a great idea.
ping is (generally) not setuid.

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2023-01-02 21:30 +0100
  Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> - 2023-01-02 21:50 +0100
    Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2023-01-02 22:20 +0100
      Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2023-01-02 22:50 +0100
  Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2023-01-02 22:20 +0100
    Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> - 2023-01-02 23:00 +0100
      Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2023-01-03 00:50 +0100
        Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2023-01-03 01:40 +0100
          Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2023-01-03 03:30 +0100
            Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2023-01-08 02:10 +0100
              Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> - 2023-01-08 13:40 +0100
      Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Ángel <debian-devel@debian.16bits.net> - 2023-01-15 02:40 +0100
        Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2023-01-15 11:40 +0100
  Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2023-04-12 18:10 +0200
    Re: setting sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - 2023-04-12 21:40 +0200

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