0006684: /dev/fd/ directory not created / missing during initramfs run

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006684	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2020-08-26 22:48	2025-07-14 09:38

Reporter	riedje	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2020.3

Summary	0006684: /dev/fd/ directory not created / missing during initramfs run
Description	the /dev/fd/ symbolic link to /proc/self/fd is not available while scripts in initramfs are running, causing bash constructs such as process substitution (e.g. <(...) ) to malfunction.
Steps To Reproduce	Include a bash scripts in initramfs that makes use process substitution, such as: #!/bin/bash cat <(echo hello world)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-08-26 22:48	riedje	New Issue
2020-08-27 07:03	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2020-08-27 07:03	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2020-08-27 07:03	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix
2020-08-27 07:03	rhertzog	Note Added: 0013333
2025-07-14 09:36	g0tmi1k	Priority	high => normal
2025-07-14 09:38	g0tmi1k	Severity	crash => minor

rhertzog 2020-08-27 07:03 administrator ~0013333	I fail to see how this is a bug. initramfs is a very special environment... you don't run arbitrary bash script there. If you can't point to any script provided by kali that runs in the initramfs and that is affected, then there's no bug.