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/dev/kmem: Permission denied
From: C.M.Bulle () LaRC NASA GOV (Chris Bulle)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 09:29:32 -0500
der Mouse writes:
When I run top or rsh into this or other machines, I get something like:top: cannot open /dev/kmem: Permission denied kvm_open: Permission deniedI'm worried I've been screwed. Permissions on /dev/kmem (Which points to /devices/pseudo/mm@0:kmem) are:crw-r----- 1 root sys 13, 1 Oct 25 11:33 mm@0:kmem crw-r----- 1 root sys 13, 0 Oct 25 11:33 mm@0:mem/dev/mem and /dev/kmem are normally group kmem, not group sys. At least on any system I've ever looked at, which I mercifully has not included Solaris yet.
Under Solaris 2.3 and 2.4 the default group is sys. Make sure top is grouped sys as well. If you took it off your SunOS, it's probably not. Chris Email: C.M.Bulle () LaRC NASA GOV URL: http://www.larc.nasa.gov/~chris/ Info: whois -h larc.nasa.gov C.M.Bulle
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- /dev/kmem: Permission denied der Mouse (Jan 31)
- /dev/kmem: Permission denied Chris Bulle (Jan 31)
- Re: /dev/kmem: Permission denied Casper Dik (Jan 31)
- Re: /dev/kmem: Permission denied Oliver Friedrichs (Jan 31)
- Re: /dev/kmem: Permission denied Jas (Jan 31)