Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:45:57 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> To: geyejoe <geyejoe@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Permission denied Message-ID: <37A006B5.20C42D9E@prime.net.ua> References: <Pine.BSI.4.05.9907281533140.9876-100000@fingers.shocking.com>
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sysctl -w kern.securelevel will write variable not check it. flag -a is an option. And AFAIK securelevel may be reduced only by init. Futher: volodya# ls -al /dev/mem crw-r----- 1 root kmem 2, 0 12 ÑÎ× 1999 /dev/mem So it's not enough to be -i the wheel group. I think Joe must belong kmem group and chmod g+w /dev/mem Doug wrote: > its probably kern.securelevel giving you those problems > check it via: > > sysctl -w kern.securelevel > > good luck, > > On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, geyejoe wrote: > > > When trying to exec this app, I get the following error, > > > > bash-2.03$ wmmon > > kvm_openfiles: /dev/mem: Permission denied > > > > I'm a standard user in the wheel Login group. I'm running FreeBSD 3.2. > > I never got this error while running FreeBSD 3.1. What can I do to > > solve this permission problem? I would appriciate any help possible. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > geyejoe@primenet.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > | Doug > | unix9.org admin > | shocking.com/~doemill/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- WBW Andy V. Oleynik (When U work in virtual office prime.net.ua's U have good chance to obtain system administrator virtual money ö%-) +380442448363 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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