Re: 4.0p1 Solaris 2.5.1 socket problem

[<jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>]

On Sat, 10 May 1997, Stephen Cliffe wrote:

[snip]
> 8153:   open("/dev/tcp", O_RDWR)                        Err#6 ENXIO
> 8153:   write(2, " S o c k e t\n", 7)                   = 7
> 8153:   write(2, " :  ", 2)                             = 2
> 8153:   write(2, " N o   s u c h   d e v i".., 25)      = 25
> 
> The actual errno translates to:
> 
>      6  ENXIO   No such device or address
>             I/O on a special file refers  to  a  subdevice  which
>             does  not  exist,  or  exists beyond the limit of the
>             device.  It may also occur when, for example, a  tape
>             drive  is  not on-line or no disk pack is loaded on a
>             drive.
> 
> I think I'll narrowed it down to the fact that it's running in a
> chrooted environment and found a similar problem was reported to the
> mailing list under SCO OS 5 late last year.

Hmm. Under SCO 5, the minimum files needed in /var/spool/fax/dev are

		null
		socksys
		tcp

Dunno if this helps; since you're running on Solaris instead..
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