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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:26:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@eng.umd.edu>
To:        -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Masterplan 1.00 (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.950914162438.9344A-100000@espresso.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950914124116.30303F-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu>

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On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, -Vince- wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> 	I am attempting to get masterplan working under FreeBSD but have 
> been unsuccessful so I emailed the author and was told that FreeBSD 
> doesn't allow named pipes to be created.  Can anyone confirm this and 
> know what I can do to get masterplan working?  Thanks..

I've never seen masterplan, but named pipes (fifos) do exist under 
FreeBSD.  Take a look at the mkfifo man page.  I think they require one 
or more of the SYSV IPC kernel options, SYSVSHM, SYSVSEM, and SYSVMSG.

> 
> Cheers,
> -Vince- vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
> UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.)
> SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free!
> Chabot Observatory & Science Center
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 08:48:03 -0700
> From: Laurion Burchall (Exchange) <LaurionB@microsoft.com>
> To: '-Vince-' <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu>
> Subject: RE: Masterplan 1.00
> 
> I don't think that FreeBSD allows named pipes to be created. I know that NetBSD does though...
> 
> --laurion
> 
> ----------
> From: 	-Vince-[SMTP:vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, September 12, 1995 1:18 AM
> To: 	ldb@netspace.org
> Subject: 	Masterplan 1.00
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> 	I am trying to install Masterplan 1.00 under FreeBSD but am 
> having a problem as this is what happens when I run masterplan -d
> 
> vince@apollo [3:16pm][~] >> masterplan -d
> masterplan: mknod(/tmp/.masterplan.pipe.vince-.plan): Operation not permitted
> 
> 	Any ideas what's wrong?
> 
> 	Also, as root user, do I need to run masterplan -d for each 
> individual user or will one background process work for everyone?  Thanks 
> again and Have a nice labor day!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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