From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 11 7:40:49 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3AF537B401 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:40:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from out004.verizon.net (out004pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3843243F75 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:40:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.160.2.29]) by out004.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.20 201-253-122-126-120-20021101) with ESMTP id <20030111154046.ZRJJ2505.out004.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:40:46 -0600 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h0BFelh7014421 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:40:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id h0BFeldd014420 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:40:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:40:47 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Strange behavior with /dev/null Message-ID: <20030111154047.GB12302@keyslapper.org> Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20030111152722.GA12302@keyslapper.org> <3E202D83.1000302@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3E202D83.1000302@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at out004.verizon.net from [68.160.2.29] at Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:40:46 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 01/11/03 09:43 AM, Bill Moran sat at the `puter and typed: > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > Strange behavior I'm getting since I last did a mergemaster and > > MAKEDEV in /dev: > > > > cannot create /dev/null: permission denied > > > > $ cat ConfigFvwmMenus > /dev/null > > -bash: /dev/null: Permission denied > > > > $ ls -l /dev/null > > crw------- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Jan 11 10:00 /dev/null > > My /dev/null is crw-rw-rw-. > Don't know how it happened, but it sure seems like a simple permission > problem. > chmod 666 /dev/null should fix it (I would think). That did the trick, and now my menus are working as expected. Thanks a bunch! Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ The function of the expert is not to be more right than other people, but to be wrong for more sophisticated reasons. -- Dr. David Butler, British psephologist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message