dmidecode is not working - /dev/mem: Permission denied for non root user.
Issue
- Non(root) user failing to execute
dmidecodecommand.
[test@RHEL7Virt ~]$ dmidecode
# dmidecode 3.2
/sys/firmware/dmi/tables/smbios_entry_point: Permission denied
Scanning /dev/mem for entry point.
/dev/mem: Permission denied
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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