On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 04:37:39PM +0200, Andreas John wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I frequently use mtr (a traceroute like util). In a guest it says:
> 
> bastel:/# mtr www.yahoo.de
> mtr: unable to get raw sockets.

my crystal ball says that you forgot to set
the icmp_raw context capability ...

> I assume that it is generally forbidden by context to "get raw
> sockets" to prevent guests from doing nasty things? Is there a way to
> allow getting raw sockets? For special programs?

yes, you can add the CAP_NET_RAW capability
but that automatically allows guest root to
sniff on other network traffic ...

HTH,
Herbert

> rgds,
> Andreas John
> 
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