From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 19 16:13:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA25169 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 16:13:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from synwork.com (root@synwork.com [199.3.234.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA25164 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 16:13:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (flaq@localhost) by synwork.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA01730 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 18:13:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 18:13:23 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mike K." To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Trouble Running Top Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk When I try to run top as a user, I get the following error: [/home/flaq] :top kvm_open: /dev/mem: Permission denied [/home/flaq] : If I run it as root, it runs fine. Below are the properties of /dev/mem crw-r----- 1 root kmem 2, 0 Jul 19 05:38 mem Any idea how to fix this? Mike ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~