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Re: How to successfully execute "dmesg" command from Oracle account??

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 12:43:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00472B91.20020603124325@fatcity.com>


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
>

I guess that chmod u+s dmesg run as 'root' would fix the problem but programs with root setuid are everybody's favorite Unix security issue.

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