Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:10:53 +1000 (EST) From: akm@sneaker.net.au To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: akm@sneaker.net.au Subject: kern/27686: DEVFS has problems with symlinks to directories Message-ID: <200105261010.f4QAArD24586@janus.theinternet.com.au>
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>Number: 27686 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Symlinks to directories cause contents of target directory to be treated as a directory >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun May 27 06:30:01 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrew Milton >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD janus.theinternet.com.au 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #9: Sat May 26 21:44:08 EST 2001 root@:/export/src/sys/compile/marty i386 >Description: Symlinks to directories cause contents of target directory to be treated as a directory, this obviously causes freakish problems with legacy apps. >How-To-Repeat: boot kernel with DEVFS mkdir -p /usr/dev/dri ln -fs /usr/dev/dri/ /dev/dri cd /usr/dev/dri mknod c 145 0 root:wheel card0 cd /dev (if you have command complete on this works a lot easier..) cd dri/card0/card0/card0/card0/card0/card0/card0... >Fix: None Available >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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