# [PATCH] Add posix_mknod to the posix extension

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/15949
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/15949
- Started by magnus@php.net on 2005-04-11T22:07:35+00:00
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## #15949 — magnus@php.net — 2005-04-11T22:07:35+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/15949#15949

Hello,

This patch will add posix_mknod to the posix extension.
Usage: posix_mknod('file', mode | type [, major [,minor]]), like 
mknod(2) (except for major and minor).

Any objections against adding it to HEAD ?


Magnus

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## #15951 — Wez Furlong — 2005-04-12T14:57:42+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/15949#15951

Only if you want mknod to succeed ;-)
I run a lot of CLI based scripts as root.

--Wez.

On Apr 12, 2005 10:28 AM, Martin Kraemer
<Martin.Kraemer@fujitsu-siemens.com> wrote:
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> > […]
> 
> That requires the php scripts to run as root, no?