pciconf -lv - /dev/pci error

[Dimitry Andric]

On 2003-12-31 at 19:01:06 Robert Watson wrote:

>> superuser.  I received this error:
>> 
>> [root at snow 09:12:42 root]# pciconf -lv
>> pciconf: /dev/pci: Operation not permitted

> pciconf -lv appears to cause pciconf to open /dev/pci writable:

>    731 pciconf  CALL  open(0x8049a55,0x2,0)
>    731 pciconf  NAMI  "/dev/pci"
>    731 pciconf  RET   open -1 errno 13 Permission denied

> And, of course, it's not writable by non-root.

Didn't the original poster have a problem when he actually was root?
Of course I agree that pciconf should only open the device r/w if
strictly necessary, but I was just thinking his problem lay elsewhere.
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