"Error listening for ICMP packets: socket: permission denied" while using this library in unprivileged ping about ping HOT 6 CLOSED

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

But I want use it in docker container...

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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

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I have the same issue

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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.

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

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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.

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