Re: Creating device files in /dev

From: Kris Kennaway (kris_at_obsecurity.org)
Date: 02/07/04

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    Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 19:46:32 -0800
To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>

    On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 07:08:57PM -0800, Doug White wrote:
    > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, sfd wrote:
    >
    > > I'm running Freebsd 5.1and I'm unable to create a device file or pipe
    > > file in the /dev directory.
    > >
    > > /dev is a devfs file system which seems to be the problem.
    > >
    > > Is there any way around this? Either by adding an entry to a
    > > kernel config file or using the devfs command to create them?
    > >
    > > I have a backup program that needs to create a device file and pipe
    > > file that reside in /dev This is a must for my backups and recovery.
    >
    > What program is this, so we can avoid it? :)
    >
    > It might be possible using the devfs config bits to create a symlink that
    > points elsewhere.

    Someone on Usenet suggested binary patching the application to look in
    /tmp instead of /dev...this is probably the best solution.

    Kris

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