Jessie Lite ping command requires root permissions

[Acorn22]

I have just installed the latest version of Jessie Lite. For some reason the ping command requires root. Is this intended behavior? How can I fix it?

Running ping without root:

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ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted

[ripat]

Change ping's capabilities without using setuid:

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sudo setcap cap_net_raw=ep /usr/bin/ping

Or reinstall iputils-ping. Install script will reset ping's capabilities as it should.

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall iputils-ping

Problem is discussed here