dmidecode is not working - /dev/mem: Permission denied
Issue
dmidecode
or other commands which require access to/dev/mem
fail even for the root user
# dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.11
/dev/mem: Permission denied
- This is expected for non-root users but root should be able to run
dmidecode
.
Environment
- Observed on RHEL 5.7
- Observed on dmidecode-2.12-1.el5
- This issue is not dependent on the kernel or dmidecode version
- Security software and libraries are installed: in this situation CA Technologies AccessControl (seos)
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