[dmidecode] Root requirement

[Bowen, Clint]

What is the rationale for requiring root for dmidecode?  Assuming this is a 
technical requirement, has the suid bit been considered?  I don't see anything 
in the output that I don't want an upriv user to access.  If there is, might 
this be mitigated by creating a group 'dmidecode', which with group membership 
would allow unpriv access?  I ask since we have an inventory tool that wants 
the system serial number, for example, that doesn't seem to exist anywhere else.

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