From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 28 1: 4:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012C837B416 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 01:04:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc3-card4-0-cust122.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([62.254.251.122] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=exim) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 16JswO-0007QC-00; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:04:36 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16JswH-000M9K-00; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:04:29 +0000 Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:04:29 +0000 From: Ceri To: Thomas Cannon Cc: Ty Purcell , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /dev/null Message-ID: <20011228090429.GA85016@rhadamanth> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri , Thomas Cannon , Ty Purcell , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3C2BD195.8090200@crcom.net> <20011227181704.C479-100000@stereophonic.noops.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011227181704.C479-100000@stereophonic.noops.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 06:19:19PM -0800, Thomas Cannon wrote: > > You can use /dev/MAKEDEV (As was already posted), or just do it by hand > with: > > cd /dev ; mknod dev c 2 2 root:wheel ; chmod 666 dev A better answer, and I know this is what you really meant ;) cd /dev ; mknod null c 2 2 root:wheel ; chmod 666 null Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message