From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Dec 24 22:13:30 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CECD16A4CE
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:13:30 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org
	(CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.199.47.57])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2677243D53
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:13:30 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id B0C59511CE; Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:13:33 -0800 (PST)
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:13:33 -0800
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Frank Staals <f.staals@zonnet.nl>
Message-ID: <20041224221333.GB59227@xor.obsecurity.org>
References: <41CC5CE6.4020402@zonnet.nl>
	<20041224183318.GA99768@xor.obsecurity.org> <41CC8543.5060407@zonnet.nl>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="V0207lvV8h4k8FAm"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <41CC8543.5060407@zonnet.nl>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i
cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: mkfifo: No such file or directory
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:13:30 -0000


--V0207lvV8h4k8FAm
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:08:19PM +0000, Frank Staals wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> >On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 06:16:06PM +0000, Frank Staals wrote:
> >=20
> >
> >>I want to use my printer which is on a windoze computer to use on my=20
> >>intire network ( most FreeBSD computers ) so I read this=20
> >>http://www.freebsddiary.org/samba.php . As it is explained I did: mkfif=
o=20
> >>/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 ?
> >>  =20
> >>
> >
> >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
> >=20
> >
> I am running 5.3 Stable, how can I configure FreeBSD that I can use the=
=20
> printer on the windows pc

I don't know, you should try to read the samba documentation or ask
for help in a samba forum.

Kris

--V0207lvV8h4k8FAm
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQFBzJSNWry0BWjoQKURAjeRAKCcFEiBbhu4Q5Q3FSmwRKaYtCyCAQCdGn7t
zwVR3OY/PerlMDKuG70I8Lw=
=rQP0
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--V0207lvV8h4k8FAm--