Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 06:43:44PM +1100, James Tocknell wrote: > Due to the removal of cap_net_raw+p from ping, ping no longer works in network > namespaces (such as those created by ip netns). The presence or absence of > linux-sysctl-defaults does not change this. Can the removal of the capability > be > reverted, a debconf setting be created to add the capability (it seems that > iproute2 does this for ip vrf) or a separate package with the capability added > be uploaded?
ping is fully functional in non-default network namespaces without cap_net_raw+p and is used in such a configuration every day. You'll need to provide more information about exactly how you're configuring your namespaces and invoking ping, as well as exactly what the failure is, so we can understand better what's actually going wrong. noah
