'free' output does not show shared memory

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • The free command is not reporting memory used as shared memory segments for databases.
  • For instance, total memory = ouput of free command plus output of ipcs -m command.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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