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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:14:40 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ifmcstat(8) setgidness
Message-ID:  <20010627111440.F2097@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010626220407.B70933E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:04:07PM -0700
References:  <20010626220407.B70933E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:04:07PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Is there a particular reason, other than the desire for more setgid
> programs, that ifmcstat(8) is setgid kmem?  It seems that there's no
> reason anyone but root would want to use it, anyway.  OpenBSD and
> NetBSD already nuked its setgid bit; any reason why we shouldn't
> follow suit?
> 
$ ifmcstat
kvm_openfiles: Permission denied

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