dieter@titan.nmt.edu (12/14/88)
If you have /dev/kmem or /vmunix protected against prying eyes, you can't
run sps as written on a Sun-3 running SunOS 3.5. Specifically, in
initsymbols.c, line 57, "if ( access( filesymbol, R_OK ) < 0 )" appears.
Quoting from TFM,
The real user ID and the group access list (including the
real group ID) are used in verifying permission, so this
call is useful to set-UID programs. [access(2)]
This means that even making sps setgid kmem won't cut it. What's the
official solution?
Sorry if this seems a little obstreperous; it's been a *long* day.
Dieter Muller
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