Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Removing files in devfs | From | Juan Quintela <> | Date | 19 Jan 2002 21:54:57 +0100 |
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>>>>> "oliver" == Oliver Feiler <kiza@gmx.net> writes:
oliver> Hello, oliver> Is this behaviour supposed to be?
oliver> 9:36 root@kiza /dev# l null oliver> crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Jan 1 1970 null oliver> 9:36 root@kiza /dev# rm null oliver> removing `null' oliver> 9:36 root@kiza /dev# l null oliver> ls: null: No such file or directory oliver> 9:36 root@kiza /dev#
oliver> I have kernel 2.4.16 with devfs and on every other system I tried I oliver> only get "rm: cannot unlink `null': Operation not permitted" when trying to oliver> delete something in devfs. And I cannot see any differences as far as devfs is oliver> concerned on the systems I tried. devfs compiled in, mounted on boot time, oliver> same version of devfsd.
oliver> Regards,
oliver> Oliver
Since 2.4.16-preX, you can't remove a {file,symlink} in devfs created by devfs :(
That hit me hardly whith /dev/root. I had to remove the code that generate that link to get my system booting (where system is anything booting with mkinitrd + devfs).
Later, Juan.
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