[869] in bugtraq
Re: /dev/kmem: Permission denied
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jas (Matthew K))
Tue Jan 31 22:31:27 1995
From: matt@uts.EDU.AU (Jas (Matthew K))
To: mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU (der Mouse)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 13:12:02 +1000 (EST)
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net (Bugtraq Mailing List)
In-Reply-To: <199501311244.HAA10369@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> from "der Mouse" at Jan 31, 95 07:44:21 am
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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