>>>>> "Robert" == Robert P J Day <[email protected]> writes:
Hi, Robert> i suspect i already know the answer to this, but is there Robert> any way to run dropbear on a system whose /dev directory is Robert> part of a larger romfs? Yes, we do that all the time. Robert> ssh to such a system worked fine during development when Robert> the root filesystem was NFS mounted and, therefore, writable. Robert> but once that rootfs is flashed and is now mounted as a Robert> romfs, not surprisingly, dropbear can no longer accept Robert> incoming requests because (i'm guessing) while the Robert> appropriate /dev/ttyp[0-9] device files are there, dropbear Robert> has no ability to change their owner/perms, is that it? Robert> which generates the log error message: Strange - Is this as root or any other user? We normally only use root, but I'm pretty sure I have done it before as non-root. We do have /dev/pts mounted, that may or may not make a difference (didn't check the code). -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard
