From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 3 07:59:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA24379 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 07:59:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (root@cisigw.coppe.ufrj.br [146.164.2.31]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA24365 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 07:58:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonny@localhost) by gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA19573; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:57:55 -0200 (EDT) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Message-Id: <199612031557.NAA19573@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> Subject: Re: xload in 2.2-ALPHA To: proot@horton.iaces.com (Paul T. Root) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:57:54 -0200 (EDT) Cc: jbrann@brann.org, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199612031325.HAA02938@horton.iaces.com> from "Paul T. Root" at "Dec 3, 96 07:25:01 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk #define quoting(Paul T. Root) // In a previous message, John Brann said: // > Hi, // > // > Trying to run xload in 2.2-ALPHA gives me the following: // > // > xload: can't open kvm files Ù¿ï // > // > unless I run it as root, in which case it works. I'm guessing that there // > is a permissions issue on something in /dev, but I don't know what it // > could be. I don't want to make xload suid... // > // > John // // add yourself to the kmem group. Is there any security flaw in making xload setgid kmem ? // // // -- // "We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all // of our games are played indoors." // - Weldon Drew, New Mexico State basketball coach // Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 ( Job ) jonny@cisi.coppe.ufrj.br Network Manager UFRJ/COPPE/CISI Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro