Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 06:19:46 +0000 (GMT) From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa) To: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> Cc: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: watch: fatal: cannot open snoop device Message-ID: <20030115061352.N689-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030114180819.conrads@cox.net>
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > > On 14-Jan-2003 P. U. Kruppa wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I try to watch user activities with > ># watch [tty] > > but keep receiving > > > > watch: fatal: cannot open snoop device > > > > I have recompiled my kernel with > > > > device snp > > > > as the manual says. > > > > Any idea what else could be wrong? > > You probably just need to make the device files under /dev (assuming you're > not using devfs). Thanks for using the plural s in "files". I tried to # ./MAKEDEV snp which didn't work. It has to be # ./MAKEDEV snp0 snp1 etc... Regards, Uli. > > -- > Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> - "In Unix veritas" > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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