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From: ekrell@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Eduardo Krell[arm])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: STREAMS pipe driver
Message-ID: <3201@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 09:16:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 23 09:16:11 1987
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In article <2003@ico.UUCP>, dougm@ico.UUCP writes:

> Finally, you create a new device file with the mknod system call using
> the major/minor numbers obtained with an fstat of the second file
> descriptor.

This will work only if you're root. mknod(2) on any device other than
a FIFO is restricted to root only (for obvious reasons).
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    Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill

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