Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:07:14 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: access() says EROFS even for device files if /dev is mounted RO |
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Alexander Viro wrote: > > Considering your previous workplace... How does official SVR{4,5} behave? > > Under SCO UnixWare 7.1.1 you can happily write to devices in a readonly > mounted (vxfs) filesystem. You can also happily access(W_OK) them. Just > tried, right now (ok, it should have been obvious from the src but I trust > my hands more than my eyes :)
just for the benefit of linux-kernel listeners who may be unaware of what SVR5 is, which Al mentioned. SCO UnixWare 7.x _is_ the official SVR5 or as it is called in the boot message "System V Release 5 from SCO".
Regards, Tigran
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