Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:20:14 +0200 From: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net> To: Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM <tforrest@mcs.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Programming/FreeBSD and what not Message-ID: <058101bf3771$b85259a0$470cb3d4@asmodean> References: <199911230113.TAA33022@Mailbox.mcs.net>
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/proc is not really a directory, it is a virtual filesystem providing programs with a "sneak peek" at what is going on in the kernel. when opening a file in /proc, you are actually reading a from a location in the memory. fbsd has a certain structure of the proc filesystem progs can use to get the info they need, and so does linux. But linux has a different structure for the procfs. Therefor, if a prog needs to read some info from the kernel and uses the /proc fs, and it's a linux app, it's trying to read some info the linux kernel exports. the thing is, fbsd doesn't neccesarily export the same info, and if it does, it's probably not in the same file, and maybe not all in a single file or alone in a file. This makes it difficult since you would have to modify the code to get it to read the info it needs from the correct location(s), which means lots of programming and tweaking :) You should probably try something intended for fbsd, not linux, if you don't feel like programming. -- Oren Sarig sarig@bezeqint.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM <tforrest@mcs.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 3:13 AM Subject: Programming/FreeBSD and what not > I have finally found what amounts to be a 'proxy aware' identd program. > Unfortunately this app was written for Linux. It compiled fine on my > FreeBSD box. > > Everyone says 'where are the users, why dont we have more'. Well, I am > not a programmer. I took a Korn Shell programming class way back when > in college. I really do not want to be a programmer. I dont mind > scripting and I have no problem reading doc after doc to get something > to work. Just please, dont make me program! > > Anyway, this app is at > ftp://ftp.compsoc.net/pub/users/steve/midentd/midentd-proxy-0.22.tar.g z. > As I said earlier, it compiled fine. However when I plug it into > inetd.conf and I have an internal machine try to send ident info I get > this on the BSD box: > > in.midentd[336]: Can't open /proc/net/tcp : No such file or directory > > I have been told that the proc structure is very different between > FreeBSD and Linux and this app would not be an easy port. > > First off, what is the 'proc structure'? What makes an app such as > this more or less difficult over another to port? Secondly, anyone up > for the challenge? I really could use something like this. > > Thanks, as usual, for your help!!! > > Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM - tforrest@mcs.net > http://www.mcs.net/~tforrest > And now, its time, for some useless, bandwidth wasting words of wisdom: > Get OS/2 WARP - the best Windows tip around! > > PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 5762 A3CC 8EA5 8542 9666 222B 61A9 2558 > > > > > ** Tag(s) inserted by Bandit Tagger98 - http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c918704 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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