Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:33:18 -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: <20041224183318.GA99768@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <41CC5CE6.4020402@zonnet.nl> References: <41CC5CE6.4020402@zonnet.nl>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 06:16:06PM +0000, Frank Staals wrote: > I want to use my printer which is on a windoze computer to use on my > intire network ( most FreeBSD computers ) so I read this > http://www.freebsddiary.org/samba.php . As it is explained I did: mkfifo > /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 ? 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create random files in /dev because it's not a general-purpose filesystem (i.e. the documentation you're reading is out of date).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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBzGDuWry0BWjoQKURAnMMAKDo6MRVZRmzvikxyizLn+DZwmLnfACfeULo /U7QdnUyVO9xdhTFmwe3xgU= =QD9C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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