RE: How to successfully execute "dmesg" command from Oracle accou

Babu,

This should be possible if your SysAdmin sets the SUID bit for dmesg. I see no harm in doing this, but it is essentially upto your SYsAdmin.

John Kanagaraj
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzy Vordos [mailto:lvordos_at_qwest.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 12:39 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: How to successfully execute "dmesg" command from Oracle
> account??
>
>
>
> To read kernel memory requires root privs, so don't think
> there is a way
> to do that from the oracle account without some undesirable hack.
>
> Janardhana Babu Donga wrote:
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > When I run "dmesg" command from oracle account on HP-UX
> 11.0, it responds as
> > "can't read kernel memory". The "dmesg" has the
> permissions: -r-xr-xr-x.
> > Could someone tell me what needs to be done in order to
> execute "dmesg"
> > command successfully from "oracle" account.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Babu
> >
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