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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:55:34 -0700
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From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Oliver Feiler <kiza@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Removing files in devfs
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Oliver Feiler writes:
> Hello,
> 
> 	Is this behaviour supposed to be?
> 
> 9:36 root@kiza /dev# l null 
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root       1,   3 Jan  1  1970 null
> 9:36 root@kiza /dev# rm null
> removing `null'
> 9:36 root@kiza /dev# l null
> ls: null: No such file or directory
> 9:36 root@kiza /dev#
> 
> 	I have kernel 2.4.16 with devfs and on every other system I
> tried I only get "rm: cannot unlink `null': Operation not permitted"
> when trying to delete something in devfs. And I cannot see any
> differences as far as devfs is concerned on the systems I
> tried. devfs compiled in, mounted on boot time, same version of
> devfsd.

What is "every other system"?

				Regards,

					Richard....
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