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Date:      Mon, 22 Jul 1996 11:54:05 +0000 ()
From:      Werner Griessl <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
To:        flaq@synwork.com (Mike K.)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trouble Running Top
Message-ID:  <199607221154.LAA03215@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960719181138.1714A-100000@synwork.com> from "Mike K." at "Jul 19, 96 06:13:23 pm"

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> 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     
> ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~
> 
> 

Add the user to group kmem in /etc/groups !
Werner




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