Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:52:15 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, green@unixhelp.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: revoke of fifos Message-ID: <199812260452.PAA17319@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> >revoke(2) on VFIFO types is broken now, leading to stranded mbuf's. I suppose >> >> I don't think it has ever worked in BSD. > >Nor should it need to since, according to revoke.2: > Access to a file may be revoked only by its owner or the super user. The > revoke() function is currently supported only for block and character > special device files. The restriction to special files was removed in Lite2, but the man page was not updated and revoke on fifos didn't actually work. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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