> > if permissions are 700 or 400 who cares you need root to do > either and at that point if its 400 can't you just chmod 700 > /dev/kallsyms. or am I missing something here? > For files in the /proc file system, it is not that simple since they need to have a function to handle the write request. Bruce -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ