/dev/kmem permissions

From: Scott Ruffner <jpr9c_at_cs.virginia.edu>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:33:11 -0500 (EST)

I've got a little utility I use quite frequently as root, and my users
like to use as themselves, called "top". Top wants to read /dev/kmem, but
default permissions don't allow this. Can anyone give me a good scare for
not allowing read permissions to other?

Scott

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Scott Ruffner
Computer Systems Senior Engineer Computer Science Department
ruffner_at_cs.virginia.edu University of Virginia
(804)982-2219 http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~jpr9c
Received on Mon Feb 05 2001 - 15:34:38 NZDT

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