Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:50:17 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/60048: [patch] small correction to advanced-network/chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20031208115017.33657221.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031208164314.GJ2107@submonkey.net> References: <200312081610.hB8GAKpk034558@freefall.freebsd.org> <3FD4A982.1070203@potentialtech.com> <20031208164314.GJ2107@submonkey.net>
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:43:14 +0000 Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:40:34AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > Ceri Davies wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:57:37AM +0900, FURUKAWA Jumpei wrote: > > > > > > > @@ -5679,7 +5679,7 @@ > > > > </listitem> > > > > =20 > > > > <listitem> > > > > - <para>Make a <devicename>dev/null</devicename> that > > > > + <para>Make a <devicename>/dev/null</devicename> that > > > > <application>named</application> can see and write to:</para> > > > > > > This one is not an error. > > > > I would have made the same mistake. > > > > Why is "dev/null" not an error? (for my own knowledge, at least). > > The sentence is talking about /etc/namedb/dev/null, not /dev/null. It > could arguably be changed to "Make a null device", which may be clearer. Perhaps: Create a null device in /etc/namedb that named can see and write to: -- Tom Rhodes
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