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Date:      Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:08:19 -0600 (CST)
From:      Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net>
To:        (P. U. Kruppa) <520023893678-0001@t-online.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: watch: fatal: cannot open snoop device
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20030114180819.conrads@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030114235245.A477-100000@small.pukruppa.de>

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On 14-Jan-2003 P. U. Kruppa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I try to watch user activities with
># watch [tty]
> but keep receiving
> 
> watch: fatal: cannot open snoop device
> 
> I have recompiled my kernel with
> 
> device                snp
> 
> as the manual says.
> 
> Any idea what else could be wrong?

You probably just need to make the device files under /dev (assuming you're
not using devfs). 

-- 
Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> - "In Unix veritas"


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