[855] in bugtraq
/dev/kmem: Permission denied
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Bulle)
Tue Jan 31 12:02:31 1995
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 09:29:32 -0500
From: Chris Bulle <C.M.Bulle@LaRC.NASA.GOV>
To: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <199501311244.HAA10369@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
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 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.
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/
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