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On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, John Frader wrote:

> Below is what I started getting in the system security messages. 
> Could anyone tell me what this means? If I do a ls in /dev I don't see ch0
> but if I do a ls -l, I get the same thing /dev/ch0: Bad file descriptor
> 
> checking setuid files and devices:
> find: /dev/ch0: Bad file descriptor

Your /dev/ch0 file is corrupted.  If you don't use the SCSI tape changer,
you can simply remove the file.  If you do, then remove /dev/ch0 then run
`/dev/MAKEDEV ch0'.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major