This is on a -current (yesterday) i386:

Script started on Fri Jul 17 16:36:27 1998
$ /usr/bin/systat vmstat
systat: kvm_openfiles: /dev/mem: Permission denied
$ ls -l /dev/mem
crw-r-----  1 root  kmem  2, 0 Jul 16 13:23 /dev/mem
$ ls -l /usr/bin/systat
-r-xr-sr-x  1 root  kmem  45056 Jul 17 16:16 /usr/bin/systat
$ exit

Script done on Fri Jul 17 16:36:45 1998

I don't get it.  I thought -r-xr-sr-x meant it would do the right thing.

Chris

-----------------------------------------------------cjones@math.montana.edu
Chris Jones                                          cjones@honors.montana.edu
           Mad scientist at large                    cjones@nervana.montana.edu
"Is this going to be a stand-up programming session, sir, or another bug hunt?"