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From: Werner Griessl <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
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Subject: Re: Trouble Running Top
To: flaq@synwork.com (Mike K.)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 11:54:05 +0000 ()
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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
> 
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Add the user to group kmem in /etc/groups !
Werner