Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:25:58 +1000 From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mother.sneaker.net.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/27656: DEVFS has problems with symlinks to directories Message-ID: <20010526202558.57893@mother.sneaker.net.au>
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>Number: 27656 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Symlinks to directories cause contents of target directory to ! >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat May 26 03:20:03 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrew Milton >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: <organization of PR author (multiple lines)> >Environment: System: FreeBSD janus.theinternet.com.au 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #9: S! >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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