[NCLUG] error message

Kennan Blehm kmblehm at sigkill.com
Mon Aug 6 15:53:50 MDT 2001


On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Sean Reifschneider wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 12:29:04PM -0600, Kennan Blehm wrote:
> >[kmblehm at anvar kmblehm]$ top
> >The /proc library is not secure for setuid operation.[kmblehm at anvar kmblehm]$
>
> Sounds like your top is set SUID.  Try doing "chmod 555 /usr/bin/top".
>
>    guin:qmscan$ ls -l /usr/bin/top
>    -r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root          34k Apr  5 07:54 /usr/bin/top*

[root at anvar kmblehm]# top
The /proc library is not secure for setuid operation.[root at anvar kmblehm]#
[root at anvar kmblehm]# ls -l /usr/bin/top
-r-sr-xr-x   1 518      518        266140 Mar  7  2000 /usr/bin/top
[root at anvar kmblehm]# chmod 555 /usr/bin/top
chmod: /usr/bin/top: Operation not permitted
[root at anvar kmblehm]#

Any other ideas?
____________________________________________________________________
Kennan Blehm					 kmblehm at sigkill.com
"A chicken or a duck is a mistake when you do 'Swan Lake'." -F.G.
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