Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:13:33 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Frank Staals <f.staals@zonnet.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mkfifo: No such file or directory Message-ID: <20041224221333.GB59227@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <41CC8543.5060407@zonnet.nl> References: <41CC5CE6.4020402@zonnet.nl> <20041224183318.GA99768@xor.obsecurity.org> <41CC8543.5060407@zonnet.nl>
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--V0207lvV8h4k8FAm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:08:19PM +0000, Frank Staals wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > >On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 06:16:06PM +0000, Frank Staals wrote: > >=20 > > > >>I want to use my printer which is on a windoze computer to use on my=20 > >>intire network ( most FreeBSD computers ) so I read this=20 > >>http://www.freebsddiary.org/samba.php . As it is explained I did: mkfif= o=20 > >>/dev/smbprint but I got this : > >> > >>bash-3.00# cd /dev/ > >>bash-3.00# mkfifo smbprint > >>mkfifo: smbprint: No such file or directory > >>bash-3.00# > >> > >>Why can't I make an extra fifo ? > >> =20 > >> > > > >You forgot to mention what version of FreeBSD you're running; if it's > >5.x, you can't create random files in /dev because it's not a > >general-purpose filesystem (i.e. the documentation you're reading is > >out of date). > > > >Kris > >=20 > > > I am running 5.3 Stable, how can I configure FreeBSD that I can use the= =20 > printer on the windows pc I don't know, you should try to read the samba documentation or ask for help in a samba forum. Kris --V0207lvV8h4k8FAm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBzJSNWry0BWjoQKURAjeRAKCcFEiBbhu4Q5Q3FSmwRKaYtCyCAQCdGn7t zwVR3OY/PerlMDKuG70I8Lw= =rQP0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --V0207lvV8h4k8FAm--
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