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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!ais.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!167.142.225.5!news.netins.net!geoffrey From: geoffrey@netins.net (geoffrey alexander) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: "Fatal: Can't open snoop device"... Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:07:51 -0500 Organization: The alt.movies.kubrick Newsgroup Lines: 10 Message-ID: <geoffrey-ya023380002904971307510001@news.netins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: unin-01-04.dialup.netins.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.3.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40038 When I compiled my latest kernel, I compiled in the psuedo-device the handbook says will allow me, as superuser to use the 'watch' command with my students' accounts -- but I still get the error noted above. Yes, I copied the config line properly, made a good compile, su'ed to root, and read the man page, and tested thoroughly with active tty's. Still doesn't work. What am I missing or forgetting? Geoffrey Alexander geoffrey@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us