From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:18:43 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#15083: MKNOD issue Resent-From: Manish Gupta Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:00:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 15083 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 15083@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.137638794322130 (code B ref -1); Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:00:03 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Aug 2013 09:59:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56163 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V9BNX-0005ks-7F for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:59:03 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49420) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V9AIj-0003us-Fr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:50:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9AIa-0000oT-GQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:49:56 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:45135) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9AIa-0000oP-DK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:49:52 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51129) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9AIX-0001G7-JQ for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:49:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9AIV-0000nd-7v for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:49:49 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::22f]:34561) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V9AIV-0000nH-14 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 04:49:47 -0400 Received: by mail-lb0-f175.google.com with SMTP id 13so5464340lba.6 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:49:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Tuk7pyyWzoMDLVWWO4VtATyDCJ+QmSqaywM9QwDgWs4=; b=NDgLt9BLDtkz6mtr9PMI8T6xJdzw8cf/2q5BbpGChoXt7WAFmDdxLrRTlyLRnBDYhS /rmtrYdE8251luV/bS4/iIWyfq5n8eEP1aytsbjV0AKCkbxzBbhsOyCyJZ+YHukIAeGH aWfmqgw0yOtNp66EJlWixB95JN+giRoMFKjnMKXMBju0f+wDbX7HkUb/Oo/9wtZ1fzfy PLe9/1JtD5ZqMqLllD8M9tFDUGb8jIrZrIKMdPKJlh/oTili3WZy0VvCaUg0LUKDxgik eu2VPh2PzKJm6aF0x0DjaNTyBL9o57kKVCJcdu+Z4iddrbXotBV2QbxDPWloK9XCDlcb O3NQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.130.134 with SMTP id oe6mr2705986lbb.30.1376383785273; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.22.196 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:19:45 +0530 Message-ID: From: Manish Gupta Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b3a897698912204e3d05271 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:58:59 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) --047d7b3a897698912204e3d05271 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 while trying to create block device file using mknod in linux root directory , its working fine.But when i try to create in NFS mounted volume, hitting with error "operation not permitted". Is it a bug or or any workaround to overcome this. -- Thanks -Manish --047d7b3a897698912204e3d05271 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

while trying to create block device file using mknod in linux root directory , its working fine.But when i try to create in NFS mounted volume, hitting with error "operation not permitted".

Is it a bug or or any workaround to overcome this.

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--047d7b3a897698912204e3d05271-- From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:18:43 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#15083: MKNOD issue Resent-From: Paul Eggert Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:46:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15083 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Manish Gupta Cc: 15083@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 15083-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15083.137640513522000 (code B ref 15083); Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:46:02 +0000 Received: (at 15083) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Aug 2013 14:45:35 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56688 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V9Fqp-0005il-4Q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:45:35 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:48294) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V9Fqm-0005iV-VA for 15083@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:45:33 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD1CA39E8105; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:45:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iP9VIsIGDid7; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (pool-71-108-49-126.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.108.49.126]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7331F39E8008; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <520A467D.302@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:45:17 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130803 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -5.1 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.1 (-----) Manish Gupta wrote: > when i try to create in NFS mounted > volume, hitting with error "operation not permitted". It sounds like your NFS server is not permitting it. If so, it's not mknod's fault. You can double-check by running 'strace mknode' and seeing what system calls it's using. From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:18:43 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#15083: MKNOD issue Resent-From: Bob Proulx Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15083 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Manish Gupta , 15083@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 15083-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15083.137642545823316 (code B ref 15083); Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:25:02 +0000 Received: (at 15083) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Aug 2013 20:24:18 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56880 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V9L8b-00063x-4o for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:24:17 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:57955) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V9L8U-00063g-Va; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:24:11 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7DF5211D5; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:24:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C329D2DC5F; Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:24:09 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:24:09 -0600 From: Bob Proulx Message-ID: <20130813202409.GA11800@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <520A467D.302@cs.ucla.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <520A467D.302@cs.ucla.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) retitle 15083 mknod fails over NFS tag 15083 + moreinfo thanks Paul Eggert wrote: > Manish Gupta wrote: > > when i try to create in NFS mounted > > volume, hitting with error "operation not permitted". > > It sounds like your NFS server is not permitting it. > If so, it's not mknod's fault. You can double-check > by running 'strace mknode' and seeing what system calls > it's using. As far as I know NFS does not support the making of device nodes. Remember that NFS is not a POSIX compliant filesystem. It only supports a subset of file operations. You are asking mknod to do something that the kernel/filesystem does not support. Therefore it is failing and telling you that the operation is not permitted. In this case it is not permitted by the system kernel. This is not anything that a userland utility like mknod can do anything about. It is not a bug in mknod. And mknod is operating correctly by emitting the error message. In order to know more you would need to tell us what command you were running that failed. And also include what type of system you were running on and what type of file system you were using. 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[184.68.105.38]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id x8-v6sm850280iog.13.2018.10.23.15.50.43 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:50:43 -0700 (PDT) References: <520A467D.302@cs.ucla.edu> <20130813202409.GA11800@hysteria.proulx.com> From: Assaf Gordon Message-ID: <07267623-3ff8-fde8-77e3-c424f6706c0d@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:50:42 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130813202409.GA11800@hysteria.proulx.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) close 15083 stop (triaging old bugs) On 13/08/13 02:24 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Paul Eggert wrote: >> Manish Gupta wrote: >>> when i try to create in NFS mounted >>> volume, hitting with error "operation not permitted". >> >> It sounds like your NFS server is not permitting it. >> If so, it's not mknod's fault. You can double-check >> by running 'strace mknode' and seeing what system calls >> it's using. > > As far as I know NFS does not support the making of device nodes. > Remember that NFS is not a POSIX compliant filesystem. It only > supports a subset of file operations. > [...] > In order to know more you would need to tell us what command you were > running that failed. And also include what type of system you were > running on and what type of file system you were using. With no further comments in 5 years, I'm closing this bug. -assaf