Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:41:33 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/null Message-ID: <20061006154133.GA10019@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <eg52kp$dlv$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20061005224319.GB39057@math.jussieu.fr> <20061005204949.U18621@abigail.hsd1.mn.comcast.net> <eg52kp$dlv$1@sea.gmane.org>
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--8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:03:11AM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > Brent Casavant wrote: >=20 > >Not with FreeBSD in particular. However, from time to time I've > >run across a piece of software that makes bad assumptions about > >deleting various input or output files. If run as root, the > >program/library might accidentally delete a character special > >device such as /dev/null. >=20 > Hmm, that's... inconvenient. I usually support "root-almighty" thing,=20 > but allowing deletion from dynamically populated /dev seems=20 > counterproductive. The command 'devfs rule -s 2 apply 100' should fix it, I think. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFJnktEnfvsMMhpyURApQjAKCrsRK2OY/bYnHqJF9DTb+KCc3OswCbBf8e LeArSrLLUf3E/MqGB0gmZ3I= =ZDOE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+--
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