Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 19:46:32 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating device files in /dev Message-ID: <20040207034632.GA63278@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040206190751.O20313@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <003901c3ebf9$989cc1e0$6700a8c0@Eric> <20040206190751.O20313@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 07:08:57PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, sfd wrote: > > > I'm running Freebsd 5.1and I'm unable to create a device file or pipe > > file in the /dev directory. > > > > /dev is a devfs file system which seems to be the problem. > > > > Is there any way around this? Either by adding an entry to a > > kernel config file or using the devfs command to create them? > > > > I have a backup program that needs to create a device file and pipe > > file that reside in /dev This is a must for my backups and recovery. > > What program is this, so we can avoid it? :) > > It might be possible using the devfs config bits to create a symlink that > points elsewhere. Someone on Usenet suggested binary patching the application to look in /tmp instead of /dev...this is probably the best solution. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAJF+YWry0BWjoQKURAk/5AKCnQo1sdiTEVR1xWLjRVZZujBqQTwCdFXvD AUeYVKaImZaWhJHKBmAnMcU= =08Lf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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