I'm trying to run a program that calls Net::Ping -

$p = Net::Ping->new('icmp', 5, $lping);

Works fine with permission 4755 and chowned to root on Solaris and Linux:

-rwsr-xr-x  1 root staff  3065 Apr  9 12:57 check-ping

but on MacOSX it dies at the above line with:
icmp ping requires root privilege at ./exp-check-ping line 54

I've even tried setting Ping.pm to root and 4755 (it doesn't have to be setuid in Solaris and Linux):
-rwsr--r--  1 root  wheel  59082 Dec 14 12:18 /opt/local/lib/perl5/5.12.3/Net/Ping.pm

Has anyone gotten Net::Ping to work with ICMP, running suid? I suspect a ACL or flag will get this working...

Thanks in advance,
-w

In reply to Net::Ping on Snow Leopard, setuid broken by wsanders

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