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From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net>
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Subject: Re: watch: fatal: cannot open snoop device
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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). 

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


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