diff -urk.orig procps-3.2.5.orig/sysctl.c procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c

--- procps-3.2.5.orig/sysctl.c	2005-08-24 16:56:44 +0000

+++ procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c	2005-08-24 21:14:23 +0000

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@

 static const char ERR_MALFORMED_SETTING[] = "error: Malformed setting \"%s\"\n";

 static const char ERR_NO_EQUALS[] = "error: \"%s\" must be of the form name=value\n";

 static const char ERR_INVALID_KEY[] = "error: \"%s\" is an unknown key\n";

-static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING[] = "error: \"%s\" setting key \"%s\"\n";

-static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_READING[] = "error: \"%s\" reading key \"%s\"\n";

+static const char ERR_GENERAL_WRITING[] = "error: setting key \"%s\": %s\n";

+static const char ERR_GENERAL_READING[] = "error: reading key \"%s\": %s\n";

 static const char ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED[] = "error: permission denied on key '%s'\n";

 static const char ERR_OPENING_DIR[] = "error: unable to open directory \"%s\"\n";

 static const char ERR_PRELOAD_FILE[] = "error: unable to open preload file \"%s\"\n";

@@ -154,12 +154,8 @@

             rc = -1;

          }

          break;

-      case EACCES:

-         fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED, outname);

-         rc = -1;

-         break;

       default:

-         fprintf(stderr, ERR_UNKNOWN_READING, strerror(errno), outname);

+         fprintf(stderr, ERR_GENERAL_READING, outname, strerror(errno));

          rc = -1;

          break;

       }

@@ -185,10 +181,6 @@

          } while(fgets(inbuf, sizeof inbuf - 1, fp));

       } else {

          switch(errno) {

-         case EACCES:

-            fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED, outname);

-            rc = -1;

-            break;

          case EISDIR:{

             size_t len;

             len = strlen(tmpname);

@@ -198,7 +190,7 @@

             break;

          }

          default:

-            fprintf(stderr, ERR_UNKNOWN_READING, strerror(errno), outname);

+            fprintf(stderr, ERR_GENERAL_READING, outname, strerror(errno));

             rc = -1;

             break;

          }

@@ -309,24 +301,20 @@

             rc = -1;

          }

          break;

-      case EACCES:

-         fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED, outname);

-         rc = -1;

-         break;

       default:

-         fprintf(stderr, ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING, strerror(errno), outname);

+         fprintf(stderr, ERR_GENERAL_WRITING, outname, strerror(errno));

          rc = -1;

          break;

       }

    } else {

       rc = fprintf(fp, "%s\n", value);

       if (rc < 0) {

-         fprintf(stderr, ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING, strerror(errno), outname);

+         fprintf(stderr, ERR_GENERAL_WRITING, outname, strerror(errno));

          fclose(fp);

       } else {

          rc=fclose(fp);

          if (rc != 0) 

-            fprintf(stderr, ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING, strerror(errno), outname);

+            fprintf(stderr, ERR_GENERAL_WRITING, outname, strerror(errno));

       }

       if (rc==0 && !Quiet) {

          if (NameOnly) {