On 01/13/2014 07:12 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Armin K. wrote: >> >> Since you decided to put it in /sbin which isn't and shouldn't be in >> normal user path, it should be only run as root because of that. >> >> On the other hand, I can perfectly run it as normal user. It might just >> print a warning though, it isn't anything critical if it can't open >> /dev/kmem. That shouldn't be something user should be able to read anyways. > > I didn't decide, I suggested. Fernando is doing the page. > > If it prints a warning, it still runs, but what information is it > omitting from the output? I don't know without digging, but the > developer does recommend install using suid. > > If we do set the program suid, perhaps /bin would be better. For my > system, I do have /sbin in my path as a regular user, but that's > basically for development purposes. > > Just checking, I see /sbin/mount.nfs is suid. Also I have > /usr/sbin/vmware-authd as suid, but of course that's a proprietary > program that I was using to benchmark qemu against. > > -- Bruce > >
I don't recall seeing a warning when I just ran "lsof", neither a reference to /dev/kmem. And again, looking at other distributions, none seem to have the executable installed as suid root. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
