antwort: RE: Safe to add read attributes to /dev/kmem?

From: antfio@MUZE.COM
Date: Tue Oct 01 2002 - 17:59:04 EDT


OK, thanks for all of the replies :)

adding the +s sticky-bit to the top binary has made my DBA's happy for the
moment, without selling the farm :)

Have a great day,

Anthony Fiore

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivo Bernardino [mailto:Ivo.Bernardino@UNILEVER.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:30 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Safe to add read attributes to /dev/kmem?
> Importance: High
>
>
> Hi,
>
> You can set the Set-user-ID to top command.
>
> chmod u+s top
>
> -rws--x--x 1 root system 416224 Apr 24 2001 top
>
> I have this configuration in my environment to oracle users
> and works very well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ivo Bernardino
>
> Ivo.Bernardino@unilever.com
> Unilever Brasil - GIO LA
> Service Delivery
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antfio@MUZE.COM [mailto:antfio@MUZE.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 3:34 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Safe to add read attributes to /dev/kmem?
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Our DBA's want to run top but can't because of the
> permissions on
> /dev/kmem. I was thinking of running a simple chmod o+r
> /dev/kmem command
> but wanted to run it by the group before I hit [return].
>
> Is there anything wrong with this?
>
> TIA,
> Anthony
>



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