Igazabol nem feltetlenul kell neki a suid (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RemoveSETUID):
$ ls -al /usr/bin/ping
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 40880 Dec 7 15:19 /usr/bin/ping
[zachar@bali-noti ~]$ ping index.hu
PING index.hu (217.20.130.97) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from sportgeza.hu (217.20.130.97): icmp_req=1 ttl=53 time=37.2 ms
^C
--- index.hu ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 37.227/37.227/37.227/0.000 ms
Inkabb a "cap_net_raw+ep" capability:
[root@bali-noti ~]# getcap /usr/bin/ping
/usr/bin/ping = cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+ep
[root@bali-noti ~]# setcap -r /usr/bin/ping
[zachar@bali-noti ~]$ ping index.hu
ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
[root@bali-noti ~]# setcap cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+ep /usr/bin/ping