Richard Heck wrote:
When I do:
ls /bin/ping
I get "ping" displayed with black text on a red background. I don't see
anything special about its permissions. What's up?
Fedora switched[1] from using the suid-bit to capabilities. If you wish
to see capabilities you can run "getcap" on the file.
$ getcap /bin/ping
[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RemoveSETUID