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Command line /proc/cpuinfo--Permission Denied

I discovered today that when I log on as root at the console, /proc/cpuinfo and /proc/meminfo return the error "Permission denied." If root can't do them, who the heck can???

This is Astaro 3.216 on a Pentium II-266 (I think!)

, 128MB.

Hints appreciated. . .

Dan

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0 ReD-MaN over 22 years ago

What are you trying to do? If you are trying to find out info on the cpu, what you want to do is this:

cd /proc
cat cpuinfo
or
cat meminfo

I have a feeling you were trying to execute the /proc/cpuinfo and /proc/meminfo as commands themselves, which they are not.
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0 martindw over 22 years ago in reply to ReD-MaN

Your feeling was spot-on. New lesson in Linux learned! I did, indeed, think they were commands.

THANKS!!
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