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From: alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: no kmem on DEC 3100
Summary: It really says "No kmem".
Keywords: kmem, w
Message-ID: <2566@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Date: 19 Feb 91 21:02:39 GMT
References: <10134@mirsa.inria.fr>
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO.
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In article <10134@mirsa.inria.fr>, cheryl@puce.inria.fr (Cheryl Stewart) writes:
> A friend of mine with a DEC 3100 has very recently gotten
> a very strange response to the "w" command:
> 
> 		no kmem

	The error message in the sources is "No kmem".  Spelling
	counts.  The error occurs if the open(2) on /dev/kmem
	fails.  So, if the file does indeed exist:

	1.  Make sure it's a special device file.

	2.  w(1) has read permission.  On V4.0 and later this
	    means that w(1) needs to run setgid and be in group
	    kmem.

> Please direct responses to cheryl@puce.inria.fr and dias@vala.unice.fr
> Thanks much!

	I'll try.


-- 
Alan Rollow				alan@nabeth.cxn.dec.com


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