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SubjectRe: Removing files in devfs
FromJuan Quintela <>
Date19 Jan 2002 21:54:57 +0100
>>>>> "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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