Re: /dev/kmem: Permission denied

[matt () uts EDU AU (Jas)]

der Mouse wrote this...
> > top: cannot open /dev/kmem: Permission denied
> > kvm_open: Permission denied
>
> > I'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.
crw-r-----  1 root     sys       13,   1 Oct 26 02:33 /dev/kmem

that is from a Solaris box.

                                Matt
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