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From: zemon@ioctl.mko.dec.com (Art Zemon - EIS ULTRIX Unit)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Does Ultrix 4.0 finally have a secure /dev/*mem ?
Message-ID: <439@e2big.mko.dec.com>
Date: 31 Jul 90 18:24:23 GMT
References: <1990Jul31.154912.22096@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
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In article <1990Jul31.154912.22096@watcgl.waterloo.edu> idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL]) writes:
>Is memory still world-readable under Ultrix 4.0?


No.  /dev/*mem is readable/writable only by root and readable by
group "kmem".  Appropriate programs are setgid.


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