Babu, This should be possible if your SysAdmin sets the SUID bit for dmesg. I see no harm in doing this, but it is essentially upto your SYsAdmin.
John Kanagaraj Oracle Applications DBA DBSoft Inc (W): 408-970-7002 The manuals for Oracle are here: http://tahiti.oracle.com The manual for Life is here: http://www.gospelcom.net ** The opinions and statements above are entirely my own and not those of my employer or clients ** > -----Original Message----- > From: Suzy Vordos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 12:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: How to successfully execute "dmesg" command from Oracle > account?? > > > > To read kernel memory requires root privs, so don't think > there is a way > to do that from the oracle account without some undesirable hack. > > Janardhana Babu Donga wrote: > > > > Dear List, > > > > When I run "dmesg" command from oracle account on HP-UX > 11.0, it responds as > > "can't read kernel memory". The "dmesg" has the > permissions: -r-xr-xr-x. > > Could someone tell me what needs to be done in order to > execute "dmesg" > > command successfully from "oracle" account. > > > > Thanks, > > --Babu > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Janardhana Babu Donga > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / > Mailing Lists > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Suzy Vordos > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
