Rick Stevens wrote: > > Do NOT ignore it. I don't think you quite understand what /dev/null > is. It is supposed to be a device, not a file. Somehow it got deleted > and now whenever a script or something does a redirect of its output to > /dev/null, instead of going to a device (and thence into the bit > bucket), it creates a file called /dev/null. > What the OP found was /dev/nul - one l. I suspect that /dev/null was still there. > To fix it: > > 1. Do an "ls -Z /dev/null" and make sure there is no _regular_ file, > directory, symlink, pipe or anything else called "/dev/null". Check the > first character of the permissions. If it's anything other than a "c" > then delete the file (you may need to do an "rm -rf /dev/null" to kill > it). > > 2. As root, run "MAKEDEV -x null". That should recreate the device > file. > > 3. Run "ls -Z /dev/null" again and you should see something like: > > crw-rw-rw- root root system_u:object_r:null_device_t:s0 /dev/null > > displayed. If the first character of the permissions is NOT a "c", it > didn't work. > If he is running a fairly modern system - one that uses the dev file system, and/or runs udev, then udev will re-create it when the system reboots. In this case, it /dev/null is really gone, it is probably the safest way for hte OP to fix it... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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