smbwall

[Scott Gifford]

Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at pcug.org.au> writes:

> Scott Gifford wrote:
> > 
> > Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at pcug.org.au> writes:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > However, any attempt to make smbd create /dev/ entries is, in my
> > > opinion, highly misguided. The consequences in case of error and the
> > > cross-platform issues are a major concern to me.  As such, I greatly
> > > favor handling this outside smbd where the admin can configure such an
> > > arrangement to his/her liking.
> > 
> > Out of curiosity, do you have any technical objections to allocating a
> > pseudo-TTY for this purpose, if the admin requests it in the config
> > file?  I think that's the easiest solution to this.
> 
> I would have to see the proposal.  It would be a cross-platform
> nightmare, but if you propose a suitable 'plugin' interface, that coudld
> be accepted.

Allocating pseudo-TTYs on UNIX is pretty much either SysV or BSD
style, across all Unices, AFAIK.  Where are you concerned about
portability nightmares?

-----ScottG.