On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 02:06:34PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>
> difficult-to-avoid consequence of other code.  The other problem with a 
> non-writable /dev is that various parts of the system can't do chown() 
> calls on, say, ttys; for an appliance box, that's a lot less relevant,
> as long as it doesn't block console and ssh login.

That is why Christos wrote ptyfs.

-- 
 Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com

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 abandoned or transcended, there is no problem."		- Noam Chomsky