In message: <20041021221715.GA4730_at_odin.ac.hmc.edu> Brooks Davis <brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net> writes: : On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 03:06:23PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: : > In message: <20041021152920.GB1811_at_rogue.acs.lan> : > Mike Makonnen <mtm_at_identd.net> writes: : > : devfs can't be : > : run before NETWORKING because it depends on at least one binary in : > : /usr/sbin. See my patch and reply to Andre. : > : > which one? devfs is in /sbin. : : It looks like chown. That one always suprises me even though I've hit : it a number of times. I think this is because you can't safely do : anything involving user names before you have working directory services : and you can't be sure you have those before you have user. Hmm, I : wonder what happens if you try to use chown when you have nss configured : to use a directory, but don't have /usr mountd. Maybe that's why the LOGIN thing was there before :-( WarnerReceived on Thu Oct 21 2004 - 20:53:16 UTC
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