"Michael Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I chrooted apache to /www. > > In order to run a java program from a web page, java needs a /dev/null > inside the chroot. > > I don't want to create another whole /dev/ dir with all the disk raw > devices there to be read for anyone who cracks root. I just want a > /www/dev/null file. > > I tried creating a node with mknod exactly like the node in /dev but > it doesn't work in freebsd 6. /dev/ is special now and you can't just > create nodes anywhere like the old days. > > Is there a way to create a /www/dev/null which acts just like /dev/null?
devfs does this now. You can mount a second devfs under /www/dev/, or anywhere else for that matter. Controlling which device nodes show up is done by devfs rulsets. See the man page for devfs for details. -Bill _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
