>Hi, 
>
>can anybody explain to me, what the reason for this might be?
>
>Please take a look at the following:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/700$ uname -a
>SunOS azalin 5.10 Generic_118833-22 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2500
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/700$ ps -ef|grep 700
>    root   700     1   0 22:16:03 ?           0:00 /usr/sfw/sbin/snmpd
>    root  1289  1253   0 23:40:50 pts/7       0:00 grep 700
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/700$ ls -l status
>-r--------   1 root     root        1232 Sep 15 22:16 status
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/700$ cat status
>cat: input error on status: Value too large for defined data type
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/700$ cat /proc/$$/status
>[garbage]
>
>So status is readable with the given size, which should be at least  1232. 
>This works for all proc
esses except this one. Any idea?

A 32 bit process cannot read the status of a 64 bit process.

Casper
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