Re: mount /dev/null /mnt

From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 03/26/04


Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 10:53:26 -0500

On 26 Mar 2004 00:27:35 -0800, Georgios S.
  <astatos@gmx.at> wrote:
> Alan Connor wrote:
>> Got to be several ways to accomplish what you want. Be more specific....
>
> Thank you Alan, but i think that wouldn´t be necessary cause of the
> answer from Birger Blix:
> ***********
> /dev/null is a character device, and has no size.
> If you will share nothing, then don't share
> ***********
>
> But ok why not, i will mount the null device to a folder like
> /mnt/null and following share that folder in the smb.conf so the
> windows network clients can connect to that shared folder.
> The user copy something in that folder but in effect he erase it ;o)
>
But Windows has a null device! No need to use a "null server".

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