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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:46:31 +0000 (GMT)
From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
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Subject: Re: /usr/bin/w?
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On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote:

> /usr/bin/w is being erratic on my system.. most times at root it works.
> Sometimes not. If I run it not as root, I get the following error:
> 
> /usr/bin/w: Permission denied
> 
> it has the following flags/permissions:
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     bin         16384 Mar  5 17:02 w
> 
> 
> What should I do?
> 
> Thanks....

Opps. Why did I include w, and not mem? :)

crw-r-----   1 root     kmem       2,   0 Feb 14 01:55 mem

There is mem...