Quoting Ethan Benson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On 11/1/2000 Cameron Matheson wrote: > > >Alright, I need help badly. Programs on my linux can not open "/dev/mem." > >Because permission is denied. The permissions are: > > > >crw-rw---- 1 4755 kmem 1, 1 Feb 22 1999 mem > > > >Why can't programs access this??? My CD-ROM always gives me "Permission > >Denied" errors too. (In my fstab, the options I have set are noauto,user) > > well those permissions are wrong, that file should be owned by root > and the group should not have write permission > > chown root /dev/mem ; chmod 640 /dev/mem
Are you talking potato here? All my stable/slink systems show precisely: crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 2 Mar 3 1999 kmem crw-rw---- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Mar 3 1999 mem and that includes the dates. (I included kmem in case you'd misread the line.) (I have no idea what these devices do.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
