[arch-general] file system capabilities

[Shridhar Daithankar]

Hi,

I was reading thr. /. commentary on the latest linux kernel bug, got drifted 
into file system capabilities. and got this, (from 
http://lwn.net/Articles/313838/)

[root at presario shridhar]# ls -la /bin/ping
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 33360 2008-10-04 17:48 /bin/ping
[root at presario shridhar]# chmod u-s /bin/ping
[root at presario shridhar]# setcap cap_net_raw=ep /bin/ping
[root at presario shridhar]# ls -al /bin/ping
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 33360 2008-10-04 17:48 /bin/ping
[root at presario shridhar]# exit
shridhar at presario ~$ ping 192.168.1.5
PING 192.168.1.5 (192.168.1.5) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.219 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.354 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.5 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.219/0.286/0.354/0.069 ms

so can this be done by default? thus reducing setuid usage? it should improve 
security right?

-- 
 Shridhar