[Bug 1302192] Re: capabilities not preserved on installation

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This bug was fixed in the package livecd-rootfs - 2.525.6

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livecd-rootfs (2.525.6) bionic; urgency=medium

  [ Steve Langasek ]
  * generate all tar files with --xattrs.  LP: #1302192.

  [ Daniel Watkins ]
  * ubuntu-cpc: Reintroduce the -root.tar.xz artifact (LP: #1585233).
  * ubuntu-cpc: Generate the root image contents once, and use it for both the
    -root.tar.xz and the .squashfs.
  * ubuntu-cpc: Generate -root.tar.xz with --xattrs.

 -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>  Mon, 06 Aug 2018
14:16:04 -0700

** Changed in: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  capabilities not preserved on installation

Status in attr package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in iputils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in live-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in attr source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in iputils source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in live-installer source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in ubiquity source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Ping is not longer setuid root and I have to ping as root:

  [~]$ ping kubuntu.org
  ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
  [~]$ sudo ping kubuntu.org
  PING kubuntu.org (91.189.94.156) 56(84) bytes of data.
  64 bytes from vostok.canonical.com (91.189.94.156): icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=52.2 ms
  --- kubuntu.org ping statistics ---
  1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
  rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 52.231/52.231/52.231/0.000 ms
  [~]$

  Related bugs:
   bug 1313550: ping does not work as a normal user on trusty tarball cloud images.

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