JJJ - /dev is usually a protected directory.
You should probably be doing: sudo ln -s /dev/sg0 /dev/sr0 Tim -- Timothy J. Bruce visit my Website at: http://www.tbruce.com Registered Linux User #325725 On Mon, January 29, 2018 15:31, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> ln -s /dev/sr0/ /dev/sg0/ >> ln: failed to access â/dev/sg0/â: Not a directory > > Oops. My mistake. > >> ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/sg0 >> ln: failed to create symbolic link â/dev/sg0â: File exists > > When you do a long list of devices, > ls -l /dev/s* > do you see sg0? Is it displayed as a file, a link, or something else? The > color should provide the answer. > > For example, from this host: > > $ ll /dev/s* > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda1 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 3 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda3 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 4 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda4 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 5 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda5 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 6 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda6 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 7 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda7 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 8 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda8 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 9 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sda9 > crw------- 1 root root 10, 231 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/snapshot > brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Jan 19 12:26 /dev/sr0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 19 04:26 /dev/stderr -> > /proc/self/fd/2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 19 04:26 /dev/stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jan 19 04:26 /dev/stdout -> > /proc/self/fd/1 > > You can see the difference between actual files and links (on the > bottom > 3). > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
