Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 20:53:57 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Berger <peterb@tcptest.psc.edu> To: julian@ref.tfs.com Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question: Message-ID: <199512010153.UAA19782@tcptest.psc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199512010133.RAA13235@ref.tfs.com> (message from Julian Elischer on Thu, 30 Nov 1995 17:33:46 -3200 (PST))
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> From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> > Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 17:33:46 -3200 (PST) > Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] > Content-Type: text > > The ioctls can do things like 'format device' > (what do you mean 'mounted' read only) > you shouldn't be accessing a device for ioctls when it's 'mounted' > (as in mounting a disk partition). I mis-spoke; I meant "opened" read only. Is this a standard 4.4BSD Lite feature, or a specific FreeBSD-ism? > > > > > > what's the rationale for returning EACCES when trying to ioctl a > > device mounted read-only? inquiring minds want to know. > > > > (I encountered this problem with xmcd, which was failing because of > > it. I decided it was easier to change the kernel than to compile > > Motif, so....) > > > >
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