Should kmem be read to the world?

Mark Benard mb at rex.cs.tulane.edu
Tue Jun 27 04:47:19 AEST 1989


We just noticed that w does not work.  It returns the message "no kmem".
Should /dev/kmem be made readable to the world or will that cause
security problems?

(We are running OSx4.4 on a 9815.)
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Mark Benard
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