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Subject: Re: mknod, devfs and FreeBSD
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Kris,

On 26/01/07, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
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> Set up and mount numerous devfs file systems ;)


That is exactly what I am trying to avoid. One of the servers has 1400 sites
on it, and I really don't want 1400 devfs mounts. If the only way to do this
now is by having so many devfs mounts I am better off not upgrading, and it
is very arugable that FreeBSD has lost some functionality by forcing such a
scheme.

Really it's not hard, you just specify the devices you want with a
> simple devfs(8) ruleset.


It's not how hard it is, it's how untidy it is.

Kris


Frem.