Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:33:11 -0400 (EDT) From: rwatson@freebsd.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/20824: ftpd cannot retrieve contents of devices Message-ID: <200008241833.OAA34938@fledge.watson.org>
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>Number: 20824 >Category: bin >Synopsis: ftpd returns, "ad0s1a: not a plain file." >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 24 11:40:00 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Watson >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: FreeBSD Project >Environment: 5.0-CURRENT Native ftpd server >Description: ftp> cd /dev ftp> get ad0s1a local: ad0s1a remote: ad0s1a 550 ad0s1a: not a plain file. Given that "more" works on the device, it seems that I should be able to retrieve the contents using ftpd. Mirroring files this way is quite useful. This might be a result of using sendfile(), and might also affect Apache for the same reason. Not sure about that diagnosis though. >How-To-Repeat: See above. >Fix: Patch not attached. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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