-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 38932 May  7  2014 /bin/ping
$ ping 8.8.8.8
ping: icmp open socket: Operation not permitted
$ sudo setcap cap_net_raw+p /bin/ping
$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=11.3 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 11.384/11.384/11.384/0.000 ms