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is /proc mounted help

Got a Debian vps based on OpenVZ.
Now suddenly I'm getting the following error when running a command like "ps" or "top" as a normal user
"Cannot find /proc/version - is /proc mounted?"

mount shows it is mounted:
"proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)"

The output of "ls -ld /proc"
"dr-xr-xr-x 58 root root 0 Nov 8 15:51 /proc"

As root I don't get the error, but it normally worked as a normal user too,
so I'm curious to find the cause before I reboot the vps.

Comments

  • procps is already the newest version.
    And yes, user in chroot.
    I'm trying to figure out what exactly happened, because yesterday I could run commands like ps or top without a hitch.
    Now only root can run those commands.

  • Nah, don't think I can do that. I guess I should just reboot the vps and hope the problem will fix itself or I'll have to send a ticket :P

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  • Bart538Bart538 Member
    edited December 2013

    A reboot didn't help.
    I've checked the files inside /proc and alot of them had this as their permission:

    "--wx--x--x 1 root root 0 Dec 5 15:37 uptime"

    I've used chmod 755 to change that and now I can use commands like "ps" and "top" again.
    So I'm guessing it's solved.

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