Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:35:07 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: "current@freebsd.org" <current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: userland|unprivileged file system handling tools Message-ID: <20040326223403.O984@ync.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20040326122333.S61326@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <60523.24.0.61.35.1080081768.squirrel@webmail.linuxpowered.com> <20040326122333.S61326@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Doug Barton wrote: > > > > As far as -current goes, mknod is not anything worth mentioning because of > > > devfs. > > > > I disagree with this assessment. mknod is still useful in -current, for > > instance in a chroot setup where you only need one or two devices. > > Like which? :-) For example, the named chroot requires both a null and random device. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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