From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 11:35:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E3416A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:35:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net (adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [68.76.19.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1780B43D48 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:35:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) Received: from [192.168.2.100] (adsl-67-36-61-104.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [67.36.61.104]) (authenticated bits=0)ESMTP id hBGJZ623084095; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:35:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from luke@foolishgames.com) X-Authentication-Warning: adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net: Host adsl-67-36-61-104.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [67.36.61.104] claimed to be [192.168.2.100] In-Reply-To: <200312161315.07121.chowse@charter.net> References: <200312161315.07121.chowse@charter.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Lucas Holt To: Charles Howse X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) cc: FBSD Questions Subject: Re: REPOST: null device in linux jail root X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:35:12 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:35:05 -0500 X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:35:12 -0000 I'll take a guess here and say you should have used / The linux port is installed in /compat/linux i would assume the jail is /compat/linux. Therefore you could run the=20= command from /. On Dec 16, 2003, at 2:15 PM, Charles Howse wrote: > Surely, *someone* who reads this list has upgraded the linux_base=20 > port, and > figured out the proper way to respond to this prompt. > > ___________________________________________ > > Hi, > > I installed Linux compatibility when I installed FBSD 4.8, but I've=20 > never > really done anything with it. > > While portupgrading , I was presented with a prompt that I don't know=20= > how to > respond to: > > You need to create the null device in your jail root environment. > Run the following commands outside the jail root environment, > and then press enter: > mkdir -m 0755 -p /dev > rm -f //compat/linux/dev/null > mknod //compat/linux/dev/null c 2 2 > chmod 666 //compat/linux/dev/null > > I found that this prompt comes from the makefile in the linux-base=20 > port, which > I don't have access to at the moment, so I can't quote it exactly. > > Clueless, I just pressed enter at the prompt, thinking I could always=20= > go back > and do it later, or deinstall the port and reinstall it when I learn=20= > what to > do. =A0 > > I know what a jail is, but how do I know what my is? > Also, why the double slashes in the last 3 lines? =A0What do they = mean? > > What is the proper way to deal with this prompt? > > --=20 > Thanks, > Charles > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) 'Re-implementing what I designed in 1979 is not interesting to me=20 personally. For kids who are 20 years younger than me, Linux is a great=20= way to cut your teeth. It's a cultural phenomenon and a business=20 phenomenon. Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully=20 designed. I much prefer it to Linux.' -- Bill Joy, Wired Article 2003