03-25-2009
File permission on : kmem file
Hello ,
I want to check the file permissions of /dev/kmem .
I am getting 2 kind of file perms...
so which permission i have to consider..
here is 2 case ..
1. ls -al /dev/kmem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 27 Sep 8 2008 /dev/kmem -> ../devices/pseudo/mm@0:kmem
2. ls -alLd /dev/kmem
bash-2.03# ls -alL /dev/kmem
crw-r----- 1 root sys 13, 1 Sep 8 2008 /dev/kmem
*********************
Please tell me which is correct file permissions for "/dev/kmem" file.
Thanks
AVKlinux
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