On 23May2012 18:46, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On 05/23/2012 02:59 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > On 23May2012 12:13, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | > | Why would I be denied access to info of files opened by processes | > | running with my uid? | > | This is a bug. | > | | > | To wit: | > | COMMAND PID TID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF | > | NODE NAME | > | gnome-key 1707 jd cwd unknown | > | /proc/1707/cwd (readlink: Permission denied) | > | > What do: | > | > ls -ld /proc/1707 | > ls -la /proc/1707 | > | > show? Adjust for your running system, of course. | > | > Maybe /proc itself has exciting new permissions. | > Maybe lsof has exciting new setgidness or something. | > Or SELinux hates you. | > | > BTW, _does_ this work as root? Just for info. | > | > Cheers, | Yes it does work for root. | So, my question still remains that a process | that opens files/devices/dirs....etc, | having user X's uid/gid for credentials, can open these | resources, yet lsof, invoked by same user X, belches out | Permission denied. | How were such resources opened using X's credentials | in the first place, if user X has no permission to read the link? Sigh. Which is why I asked you to run some ls commands, to _inspect_ the permissions. What do they show? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The proofs are so obvious that they can be left to the reader. - Lars V. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
