On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:29:28AM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:04:07PM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > Is there a particular reason, other than the desire for more setgid
> > > programs, that ifmcstat(8) is setgid kmem? It seems that there's no
> > > reason anyone but root would want to use it, anyway. OpenBSD and
> > > NetBSD already nuked its setgid bit; any reason why we shouldn't
> > > follow suit?
> > >
> > $ ifmcstat
> > kvm_openfiles: Permission denied
>
> I don't follow. Yes, it needs access to kmem to work. However, I
> don't see why anyone other than root would need to run it, so why is
> it setgid? root can access kmem either way.
>
Could you please elaborate on why it should be restricted to root only?
OpenBSD's and NetBSD's commitlogs are too terse.
Cheers,
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