Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:08:19 +0000 From: Frank Staals <f.staals@zonnet.nl> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mkfifo: No such file or directory Message-ID: <41CC8543.5060407@zonnet.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041224183318.GA99768@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <41CC5CE6.4020402@zonnet.nl> <20041224183318.GA99768@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >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out of date).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 > > I am running 5.3 Stable, how can I configure FreeBSD that I can use the printer on the windows pc Frank
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