Re: [cobalt-users] find: /proc/5/fd: Permission denied

[Jeff Lasman <blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 19 April 2004 05:56 am, Bruce Timberlake wrote:

> > > Checking `sniffer'... /proc/5/fd: Permission denied
>
> I don't think this is a chkrootkit problem. Just running "find" (as
> root) on my RaQ 4 generates the same error:

...<stuff snipped>...

> And another FWIW - on my Fedora machine, I don't get the "permission
> denied" problem:

My educated guess is that they've added some checks, among them being 
searches of drives listed in /proc/5 and fd is listed.

Hence the error.

I don't see any reason why they'd take it out; fd couldn't be listed in 
/proc/5 if it's not there; it's a cobalt bug more than anything.

Jeff
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