"Error listening for ICMP packets: socket: permission denied" while using this library in unprivileged ping

[supriya3047]

This library , when I am using for unprivileged ping throws "Error listening for ICMP packets: socket: permission denied" error with go version go1.7.4 .
what I am doing is-

func (p *Ping) doPing() (latency, jitter, packetLoss float64, err error) {

    timeout := time.Second*1000
    interval := time.Second
    count := 5
    host := p.ipAddr
    pinger, cmdErr := ping.NewPinger(host)
    if cmdErr != nil {
            glog.Error("Failed to ping " + p.ipAddr)
            err = cmdErr
            return
    }

    pinger.OnRecv = func(pkt *ping.Packet) {
            fmt.Println("receiving ICMP packets")
    }
    pinger.OnFinish = func(stats *ping.Statistics) {
            fmt.Println("--- %s ping statistics ---", stats.Addr)
            fmt.Println("%d pakets transmitted, %d packets received, %v%% packet loss",
                    stats.PacketsSent, stats.PacketsRecv, stats.PacketLoss)
            fmt.Println("round-trip - min %d ,avg %d ,max %d ,stddev %d",
                    stats.MinRtt, stats.AvgRtt, stats.MaxRtt, stats.StdDevRtt)
    }

    pinger.Count = count
    pinger.Interval = interval
    pinger.Timeout = timeout
    pinger.SetPrivileged(false)
    pinger.Run()
    stats := pinger.Statistics()
    latency = float64(stats.AvgRtt)  
    jitter = float64(stats.StdDevRtt)
    packetLoss = stats.PacketLoss
    return

}

[workhardcc]

I have the same issue

[workhardcc]

sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ping_group_range="0 2147483647"

But I want use it in docker container...

[jwriteclub]

Unfortunately, given the nature of linux this will not be easily solved.

It would be nice if a distinct error was thrown in this situation, in order to allow capturing and informing the user that permissions are wrong, or otherwise handling it automatically.

[nicoxb]

On Mac, it could use unprivileged, but on some Linux, you should use privileged and have sudo permission.

[cbluth]

On Mac, it could use unprivileged, but on some Linux, you should use privileged and have sudo permission.

I am experiencing this issue on ubuntu 18.04 with or without using sudo

EDIT:
after adding pinger.SetPrivileged(true) it works with sudo

[sparrc]

I believe the issue here is spelled out in https://github.com/sparrc/go-ping#note-on-linux-support.

Unfortunately the default linux ping command runs with special permissions that allows regular users to send ICMP packets. This is not possible to solve for an arbitrary go library so there's nothing this library can do about it.