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Re: [ts-7000] /dev/mem access if not root...

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] /dev/mem access if not root...
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:12:36 +0000 (GMT)
Make the executable setuid and owned by root.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid

for further info, and

  http://www.zzee.com/solutions/linux-permissions.shtml

for info on file permissions in general.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011,  wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I understand that /dev/mem is special.
> How special is what I try to understand ;-)
> 
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Jan  1  1970 /dev/mem
> 
> The code below still doesn't work probably due to the mmap of /dev/mem.
> If I sudo <compiled program> it works.
> But under sudo, the environment is reset.
> In other words, sudo which <compiled program> doesn't work as expected.
> I noticed also that in the sudo environment, the behavior of some binaries 
> are slightly different
> (mostly due to the environment change or so it seems)
> 
> Q: How to access /dev/mem as a regular user?
> Q: Do all of my program have to run as root or sudo ?
> Thanks,
> --
> Emmanuel 
> 
> 
> 
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
>    volatile unsigned int *BUFIN;
>    unsigned int state;
>    unsigned char *start;
>    int fd = open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR|O_SYNC);
>    int pinoffset;
>    int pin_name;  //IN_00 is 0, IN_01 is 1, IN_02 is 2, etc...
> 
>    // Check for invalid command line arguments
>    if (argc != 2) 
>    {
>        printf("Usage: %s <pin_name>\n", argv[0]);
>        return 1;
>    }
>    
> 
>    // Read buffered input register from mmap (pagesize boundaries required) 
>    start = mmap(0, getpagesize(), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 
>            0x600FF000);  // From TS-7350 Manual "Buffered Inputs"
>    
>    // BUFFERED INPUTS
>    BUFIN = (unsigned int *)(start + 0x84);  // Correct for pagesize (4096 
> byte)
>                                             // boundaries.
>    // read state of pins
>    state = *BUFIN; 
>    
>    // Gather pin name from the command line argument and check for invalid
>    pin_name = strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 0);
>    assert(pin_name <=6 && pin_name >=0);
>    
>    // Pins IN_00 through IN_06 are accessed by bits 7 through 13. 
>    pinoffset = pin_name + 7;
> 
>    // Print the results   
>    printf("Buffered Input Value on IN_0%d: %d\n", pin_name, (state >> 
>    (pinoffset)) & 0x1);
>    
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Emmanuel
> 


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