Is the action by conjugation of $S_5$ on its six $5$-Sylow subgroups faithful?

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Is the action by conjugation of $S_5$ on its six $5$-Sylow subgroups faithful?

I can see how the second Sylow theorem makes this action transitive.

I am not sure how to check whether it's faithful, without actually doing the computations.

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$A_5$ is simple and cannot be the kernel.