function privileges

From: Mr Bob (bob_at_myhost.com)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:55:11 +0000 (UTC)

Hi, I'm wanting a user script to use Net::Ping to send an icmp packet but
can't because of privileges, is there anyway I can get around this?. I
guess an alternative is to use system("ping -c 1 $host"); or whatever, but
I'd rather not.

Thanks.

NB: Noob.