On Wed 22 Jul 2009, Jonathan Swartz wrote:
> I'm running into the problem using Linux::Smaps on RHEL with an
> Apache   server on port 80. Namely, that the httpd child doesn't have
> permissions to look at the smaps file.
>
>       Linux::Smaps: Cannot open /proc/20074/smaps: Permission denied
>    or
>       Linux::Smaps: Cannot open /proc/self/smaps: Permission denied
>
> I believe it is this bug:
>
>      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=322881
>
> Since the redhat folks don't seem to be in a hurry to fix this, I'm  
> wondering if anyone has discovered a workaround. (Other than, "don't
>   use RHEL" - beyond my control. :))

If access is denied by the kernel there is only one solution, fix the 
kernel.

Torsten

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