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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!homer.alpha.net!legolas From: golon@inxpress.net (Brian E. Golon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: ps permissions Date: Fri, 20 Sep 96 17:55:00 GMT Organization: Internet Express Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <51ulak$497@news2.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: legolas.inxpress.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 When I try to use ps from a non-superuser account i get : ps: /dev/mem: Permission denied /dev/mem has the following properties: crw-r----- 1 root kmem 2,0,0 Jan 23 1996 /dev/mem Any suggestions as to why a normal user cannot use ps? TIA, Brian.