[LUAU] ping and kernel 2.2

[George Toft]

With the 2.0.x kernel, pinging the broadcast address
would display all of the Unix/Linux boxen (Windows machines
will not respond to a ping on the bcast) on the network.
See it work here:
[root at molokai log]# ping 192.168.93.255
PING 192.168.93.255 (192.168.93.255): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.93.103: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=3.0 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=5.5 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 192.168.93.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=7.6 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 192.168.93.103: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.2 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.8 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 192.168.93.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=7.0 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 192.168.93.103: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=2.2 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.93.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=4.9 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=7.1 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 192.168.93.103: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=2.2 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=4.9 ms (DUP!)
64 bytes from 192.168.93.100: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=7.1 ms (DUP!)

--- 192.168.93.255 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, +8 duplicates, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 2.2/4.8/7.6 ms


Now I find on my SuSE 6.1 (2.2.5 kernel), pinging the
bcast gives me a permission error, even as root:
hawaii:~ # ping 192.168.93.255
PING 192.168.93.255 (192.168.93.255): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Permission denied
ping: wrote 192.168.93.255 64 chars, ret=-1
ping: sendto: Permission denied
ping: wrote 192.168.93.255 64 chars, ret=-1
ping: sendto: Permission denied
ping: wrote 192.168.93.255 64 chars, ret=-1
ping: sendto: Permission denied
ping: wrote 192.168.93.255 64 chars, ret=-1
ping: sendto: Permission denied
ping: wrote 192.168.93.255 64 chars, ret=-1
--- 192.168.93.255 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

Any ideas?  Is this a kernel change?

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